August 13 marks the 85th anniversary since Fidel Castro’s birth. The future leader of the Cuban Revolution was born in the village of Biran in the eastern... 13.08.2011, Sputnik International
August 13 marks the 85th anniversary since Fidel Castro’s birth. The future leader of the Cuban Revolution was born in the village of Biran in the eastern Cuban Oriente Province. His father Angel Castro was a Spanish immigrant who owned a large sugarcane plantation in Cuba, and his mother, Lina Ruz Gonzalez, was his servant.
August 13 marks the 85th anniversary since Fidel Castro’s birth. The future leader of the Cuban Revolution was born in the village of Biran in the eastern Cuban Oriente Province. His father Angel Castro was a Spanish immigrant who owned a large sugarcane plantation in Cuba, and his mother, Lina Ruz Gonzalez, was his servant.
Fidel’s parents were uneducated, but they were trying to give a good education to their children. Fidel graduated from the Havana University’s Department of Law and received a doctorate degree. In the early 1950s, he joined the Cuban People's Party and was nominated as its candidate to the National Congress in 1952, but the elections did not take place because of a coup d’etat in March that year led by General Fulgencio Batista.
On January 1, 1959, the Cuban Revolution overturned the dictatorship and the Rebel Army led by Castro came to power in the country. Pictured: Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and Fidel Castro in the Vnukovo Airport near Moscow.
Castro’s first visit to the U.S.S.R. lasted for more than a month and a half, during which the Cuban leader was studying all aspects of life in the Soviet state. He traveled all around the country, including Siberia, Ukraine, the Urals and Central Asia. Pictured: Fidel Castro in Siberia.
Castro was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1961, and an Honorary Doctor of Law degree by the Moscow State University in 1963. He was also granted the Hero of the Soviet Union award in the same year and the Order of Lenin in 1972. Pictured: Fidel Castro awarded the Order of Lenin.
Fidel Castro made it into the Guinness Book of World Records after his UN speech on September 29, 1960, which lasted 4 hours and 29 minutes. Castro delivered his longest speech during the Cuban Communist Party congress in 1986. According to Reuters, he was speaking for 7 hours and 10 minutes. Castro is also known for delivering a 3-hour speech about breeding cows before U.S. Congressmen.
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