Thanks for that information, Alexsms. I already found 2 lower-case letters that I probably won't connect - у and д. They look like the english y and g and I never connect those when I write in english script.
I got determined to learn Russian script when I noticed that in text messages on Russian holiday cards, sometimes letters looked like script - the г, и, and т.
I also noticed on the 50 let Pobedy icebreaker, the л looks like the script л and the д is pointed at the top.
But it got really strange when I was trying to read Russian commemorative coins. That's when I learned about the old Church Slavonic alphabet. Now I can read the coins too.