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Yes, Russians will understand you, but that kind of pronunciation will sound hyper-correct. It will sound like you're spelling the words instead of pronouncing them.

Some Russian dialects exhibit a phenomenon known as "okanye" (оканье), whereby unstressed о and а be pronounced differently. You may sound like a speaker of one of those dialects.

The Russian rendition of Church Slavonic also forbids vowel reduction, so a person speaking with that kind of pronunciation may resemble a priest reciting a Church Slavonic text to a Russian speaker.

Yes, Russians will understand you, but that kind of pronunciation will sound hyper-correct. It will sound like you're spelling the words instead of pronouncing them.

Some Russian dialects exhibit a phenomenon known as "okanye" (оканье), whereby unstressed о and а are pronounced differently. You may sound like a speaker of one of those dialects.

The Russian rendition of Church Slavonic also forbids vowel reduction, so a person speaking with that kind of pronunciation may resemble a priest reciting a Church Slavonic text to a Russian speaker.

Yes, Russians will understand you, but such pronunciation will sound hypercorrect. It will seem like you're spelling the words instead of pronouncing them.

Some Russian dialects exhibit the phenomenon of "okanye" (оканье), which makes unstressed о and а be pronounced differently. You may sound like a speaker of one of those dialects.

Russian rendition of Church Slavonic also forbids vowel reduction, so a person speaking with such a pronunciation may resemble a priest reciting a Church Slavonic text to a Russian speaker.

Yes, Russians will understand you, but that kind of pronunciation will sound hyper-correct. It will sound like you're spelling the words instead of pronouncing them.

Some Russian dialects exhibit a phenomenon known as "okanye" (оканье), whereby unstressed о and а be pronounced differently. You may sound like a speaker of one of those dialects.

The Russian rendition of Church Slavonic also forbids vowel reduction, so a person speaking with that kind of pronunciation may resemble a priest reciting a Church Slavonic text to a Russian speaker.

Yes, Russians will understand you, but such a pronunciation will sound hypercorrect. It will seem like you're spelling the words instead of pronouncing them.

Some Russian dialects exhibit phenomenonon of "okanye" (оканье) which makes unstressed о and а to be pronounced differently. You may sound like a speaker of one of those dialects.

Russian rendition of Church Slavonic also forbids vowel reduction, so a person speaking with such a pronunciation may resemble a priest reciting a Church Slavonic text to a Russian speaker.

Yes, Russians will understand you, but such pronunciation will sound hypercorrect. It will seem like you're spelling the words instead of pronouncing them.

Some Russian dialects exhibit the phenomenon of "okanye" (оканье), which makes unstressed о and а be pronounced differently. You may sound like a speaker of one of those dialects.

Russian rendition of Church Slavonic also forbids vowel reduction, so a person speaking with such a pronunciation may resemble a priest reciting a Church Slavonic text to a Russian speaker.