Even though I’ve been living in Moscow for almost 9 years now, I must admit that every time I need to read Russian handwriting (that is Russian cursive alphabet) I broke into a sweat. Oddly enough, when it comes to writing Russian cursive, I feel very confident and have no problems at all. So where do these difficulties in reading Cyrillic cursive come from? Why is Russian cursive so scary and what should you do to improve your Russian handwriting skills? Let’s figure this out!
