I've done it myself and, as others have said, it works just fine. Likewise, .38 Short Colt and .38 Long Colt will chamber and fire just fine in a revolver chambered for .38 Special, .357 Magnum, or .357 Maximum. Other than the fouling issue Mike Irwin mentioned, sometimes shooting cartridges significantly shorter than that which the revolver was chambered for can result in mediocre accuracy as the bullet has to make a rather long jump from the case to the cylinder throat. Normally I would say that there's no real reason to shoot .44 Russian in a .44 Special or Magnum revolver as .44 Russian ammo is typically more difficult to find and more expensive than .44 Special or .44 Magnum, but with the current ammo situation it could be a viable alternative if the more common ammo is unavailable but .44 Russian can be found.