On November 25, Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary, who headed the resistance to the Fulhensio Batista regime and led Cuba from 1959 to 2008. Castro was 90 years old. In recent years, he departed from the administration of the country, transferring power to his brother Raul - also fighting in the rebel army during the revolution. Under Castro, a single -party socialist system was formed in Cuba, which many characterize as a dictatorship. The rapprochement with the USSR led to a confrontation between Cuba and the USA, which ended only in 2016. During the reign of Castro Cuba, more than a million people left.
Photo: Prensa Latina / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Fidel Castro (second on the left) after the attack on the Monkad barracks in July 1953. Castro and the participants of his detachment after the attack were detained. This episode is considered the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. Photo: Xinhua News Agency / Vida Press Raul Castro (below), Fidel Castro (in the center) and Che Guevara (second left). Photo of 1958 Photo: Gilberto Vecino / Landov / All Over Press / Vida Press Fidel Castro with rebels during a winning run along the streets of Havana after the overthrow of the Batista government. January 1959 Photo: John Rous / AP / Scanpix / Leta Castro appears to the US National Press Club in Washington. April 20, 1959 Photo: Agencia estado / AFP / Scanpix / Leta 33-year-old Castro and 31-year-old Che Guevara. Havana, 1959 Photo: AP / Scanpix / Leta Fidel Castro and other Cuban leaders on a mourning procession after the explosion of the ship "la Coopers", March 5, 1960. In Cuba, the explosion was called a terrorist attack planned by the CIA. Photo: Pavel Barashev / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta Fidel Castro and Yuri Gagarin during the visit of the astronaut to Havana. July 1961 Photo: Action Press / Vida Press Castro at a rally in Havana, 1962 Photo: Vladimir Savostyanov / TASS Fidel Castro and Maya Plisetskaya in the Bolshoi Theater. April 1963 Photo: Keystone / Getty images Prime Minister of Cuba Fidel Castro with a photograph of Bolivian military, celebrating the death of Che Guevara. July 1968 Photo: Willmann / Getty Images Fidel Castro in East Berlin. 1972 Photo: TASS Fidel Castro and Mikhail Gorbachev in the Kremlin. 1986 Photo: Sven Creutzmann / Mambo Photography / Getty images Vladimir Putin and Fidel Castro in Gawan, 2000. Putin became the first Russian leader to visit Cuba after the collapse of the USSR. Photo: Mariana Bazo / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta President of Cuba Fidel Castro. Havana, 2005 Photo: Franklin Reyes / Ap / Scanpix / Leta 2010. The first television interview with Castro after a long illness Photo: Alex Castro / Ain / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Papa Francis and former President Fidel Castro in Havana. September 20, 2015
