Depends on how much money you have, where to study. But if I were you I would immediately start by giving myself a head start by getting this book - New Penguin Russian Course Amazon.com: The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners (Penguin Handbooks) (9780140120417): Nicholas J. Brown: Books It is self study book with answers in the back. Just buy it! Don't even look for a better one. And get some audio CDs aswell from somewhere. Pirate Pimsleur if you have to. You do not want to go to Russia with only knowing the alphabet. That is for losers!
Yeh I will purchase a study guide, and will know more than the alphabet, but not anything significant. Thanks for the response, anyway. I wouldn't be able to afford private group tuition, so would probably enroll on a uni course. any recommendations?