Learning the Russian letter P from a station name

Sign at Park Pobedy station, Moscow, Russia. Photo from Wikipedia by author Mikhail Vokabre Shcherbakov.

Problem
How do I learn the Russian alphabet? 
How do I learn to recognize station names?

Answers
Start with just one or two easy ones. I was looking at London underground train stations and their murals and decided to click on some other stations around the world listed as having murals. I came across Park Pobedy in Russia which showed the station name on the wall.

I thought - hey ! That's a great way to learn the letter P in Russian.
Both words start with P. 

Park is easier to recognize. I am reminded that what looks like the English P in the Cyrillic script is instead an English R. It's as if the Russians had simplified the alphabet, or the English had extended it.

Park Pobedy (Russian: Парк Победы - Victory Park).
The station is called Victory Park. I and you now know the Russian letter P and the Russian word for victory. That's a victory. 

English - Russian
Park -  (Russian: Парк Park).
Park Pobedy - (Russian: Парк Победы - Victory Park).
Victory - Pobedy (Russian:  Победы).

Russian - English
 (Russian in Cyrillic : Парк  - Victory Park).
 (Russian in Cyrillic: Парк Победы - Victory Park). The adjective is second.
 (Russian in Cyrillic: Победы - Victory ).

English - Russian
Park -  (Russian: Парк Park).
Park Pobedy - (Russian: Парк Победы - Victory Park).
Victory - Pobedy (Russian:  Победы).

П - P
а  - a
р -  r
к  - k

П - P
о - o
б  - b
е - e
д - d
ы - i

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