I am very slow at learning other languages

But I find Russian interesting, so maybe in a few decades I will be able to form a sentence!

I bought 'The big silver book of russian verbs' and there is one character I am unsure of

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...mber/001-2.jpg

Sorry if it is really simple, I was thinking it might be л but want to be sure before I learn things incorrectly. :P

You are right, it's л. :)
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Yeah, л.

It resembles the handwritten version.