Do check the link to Butkus rbeimer has given above. The English is stilted, but usable. I was intrigued by the instruction to put the lens cap on when rewinding film. Any of you users know why that might be?
Anyway, keep at it and don't be afraid to ask questions. We aren't used to someone who is so unknowledgable about cameras, but since we alll started out that way, nobody is going to yell at you or call you dumb. Film is fun to use, and when this forum started several years ago, there was more talk of FSU (Former Soviet Union) cameras and fixed lens RF cameras than anything else. Obviously there are still FSU users here.
Most of us have been around film cameras for a long time, so we can experiment a little and figure out things based on previous experience. Even so, most of us run across things from time to time that we can't easily figure out, and will often ask rather than spend a lot of time looking or experimenting. It sounds like you don't have that experience. Yet.
Hang in there and some day you will be helping some one who sounds like a total noob, and sounding like a very experienced user. And if fact, by then, you probably will be.
I think you are going to like film and FSU cameras. They have an alure of their own, even when seeming to have unique problems. BTW, do remember to advance the film (which winds the shutter, before changing shutter speeds) as suggested. I know that is necessary with the Kiev. I didn't know it was necessary with FEDs, but apparently it is. It can cause shutter problems to do so. Sometimes you can recover yourself, sometimes it requires a repairman. Best to just learn to always do that.
Another thing comes to mind. Workflow with the camera. My way is to wait until I am ready to take a photo before advancing the film. I make that my way to do it all the time. The I don't leave then shutter tensioned too long. With folders it is just the opposite for me.
Sound complicated? Don't dispair. It isn't really. It is just learning different workflows for different cameras, so it becomes second nature. You will learn to do it too.