On May 8, Russia and Cuba will mark 50 years...
to the south.You’d be hard-pressed to find another example in history where a groundswell of mutual sympathy and affection preceded the establishment of diplomatic relations, but this is exactly what happened between Cuba and the Soviet Union.
I was fortunate enough to witness this all firsthand as a correspondent for Izvestia. Our newspaper was the first Soviet publication to open an office in Havana. And I must admit that it was pleasant and quite touching to see how interested the Cubans were in my work and in me personally, one of Sovieticos, as they called us back then. The proud and dignified Cubans were not shy with their friendship. I remember one time not long after our countries restored diplomatic relations our ocean liner brought about a thousand young people to Havana. They came to help Cubans harvest sugar cane. The hospitable Cubans filled up the entire embankment to give the young Sovieticos a warm welcome. Our guys did not even know how to
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