Fidel Castro’s Soviet adventures in rare photos from his first visit to USSR
RT.com
26 Nov, 2016
The iconic Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro has passed away at the age of 90, marking the end of an era for Cuba and the world. RT looks back at his famous visit to the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.
Castro first visited the USSR in 1963, aged 36, and four years prior to his visit, Havana established diplomatic ties with Moscow. Having been the Soviet Union’s ally during the Cold War, relations between the two nations’ leaders cooled in 1962, when the USSR’s Nikita Khrushchev removed Soviet missiles from the Caribbean island following an agreement with US President John F. Kennedy. Castro said the Soviet leader did it all behind his back.
To improve relations with Cuba, Khrushchev gave him a personal invitation to travel to the USSR. The visit lasted about 40 days, in which the revolutionary leader made an exciting tour all around the country.
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