Looks like a winner. Starline sells brass for it. Their comments:
44 Russian, or .44 Smith and Wesson Russian, is basically a shortened 44 Special. It can be fired from guns chambered in .44 Special or .44 Magnum.
Cartridge for the Russian version of the Schofield, I believe.
I believe that Louis L’Amour endorsed the .44 S&W several times.