keep in mind that it never looks so beautiful... You will see such handwritings (as mine below) much more often)))

Yes, it is similar. The actual fonts used by handwriting workbooks look like this (note that this is an idealisation—people do not end up writing like this; besides, "е" breaks the smooth line when written this way):

However, yours are fine, too, for all practical purposes. Weeell... if you are going to make a film that is set in Russia, and kids there use Russian "propisi" to learn how to write—then, yes, it does not look authentic :). Google «прописи» if you need the 100% authentic look (for some reason).

Yes, it is! However, keep in mind that people's styles of writing differ from one individual to another (most follow the forms you've listed in those links). Also, in print books and sometimes in some people's handwriting, in the letter ё, the umlauts are excluded.

Looks like the handwriting pages my Russian tutor gave me in school. :D Those were good times. It is a good idea to at least be familiar with reading Russian cursive if not writing it yourself. From what I have seen cursive is used a lot more frequently in Russian than in English (or so it seems).

Postscriptum: Съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок, да выпей чаю (link number two) :DDD