I knew Roller coasters are called montañas rusas in Spanish (and apparently this is true in many Romance languages) but I didn’t know the history there.

https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/roller%20coaster

Furthermore, somewhat ironically, apparently in Russian they are called “American Hills” ("Американские горки" — Amerikanskiye gorki)

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