The proposed collection, published in a circulation of only 200 copies, is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of Russian and French communicative behavior. Currently, the relevance of all issues related to the effectiveness of intercultural communication has become unprecedented, the main condition of which is mutual understanding of cultures, tolerance and respect for the culture of communication partners. Intercultural communication is a process of direct interaction of cultures, which is carried out within the framework of divergent national stereotypes of thinking, which affects mutual understanding and relationships between communicating parties. Communicative behavior is a broader concept than speech etiquette. The latter is mainly associated with standard speech formulas in standard situations reflecting the category of politeness, and communicative behavior describes not only polite reference communication, but also real communication practice. Main materials of the collection: French and Russian language behavior: contact and distance . - French communicative behavior in some situations of domestic communication. - What is surprising in the character and communicative behavior of the French . - Communicative behavior of the French in public transport . - The French and the Protest. - French sketch? as a speech genre. French non-verbal communicative behavior . - French winged expressions in Russian communication . - The French about the Russians . - Stereotype of French behavior in Russian consciousness . - Culture of communication in French. - French taboos. - Axioms of the behavior of the French . Recommended Literature:H. Formanovskaya, G. Sokolova . Speech etiquette. Russian-French Conformities. Yapp, M. Sirett . These strange French