Quote Originally Posted by Vladi
It is fun than the only Russian word recognised in French as Russian is "bistro" = "bar, pub", introduced by Russians who entered Paris after defeating Napoleon III.
It will be more fun I you knew that French word Sortie (Exit) was taken by soldiers back to Russia. Now it's a rather common slang name for the toilet.
You see, when they were drinking in bistros they needed to take a leak from time to time. So now it's the russian word сортир.