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Still think all unstressed "a"s are schwas :)

I'm not sure but it's probably more like

аватара [əvəˈtarə]

аватаре [əvəˈtare] - r should be soft here

RedFox

Yeah, I think you're right about the merging thing. For example, I remember learning this rule back in school. Like what's right в дороги or в дороге. What was curious is that a lot of...

That's a very good question. I for one can't say what the unstressed vowels in there exactly sound like. I think it's true for most, if not all, Russians. The only thing I'm fairly sure about is that...