Why learn Russian?
In reverse order of importance:
It is the second most used language on the internet.
It also sounds nothing like English, a good thing.
Both are Indo-European Languages, but let's be real here.
It isn't Arabic or Japanese(No offense, but both sound good).
Алла Борисовна Пугачёва.
Серге́й Рахма́нинов.
It's very simple difficult.
It sounds nice.
Self-made resources
Python Program I made for converting arabic numerals to Russian word form
Python program that converts a text file from provided language into anki readable flashcards for target language.
External Resources
тройка textbook
Free Companion for тройка textbook and workbook
Gigabytes of Russian stories,workbooks,audio and so on
A Modern Russian Course(I have a hard copy)