Commemorative ceremony timed with anniversary of the Great October Revolution was conducted next to the memorial of Soviet peacekeeping soldiers at the outskirts of the Cuban capital, TASS reports.
Senior Cuban officers, diplomats, public figures and politicians laid flowers and wreaths to the Eternal Flame and graves of the Soviet Soldiers who died performing the international duty.
The first Cuban cosmonaut General Arnaldo Tamayo Mendes heading the Russian-Cuban Friendship Society called the Revolution of 1917 one of the key events in the world history of the last century. In his opinion, echo of the revolution reached the Island of Freedom and inspired the Cuban people.
Two post stamps were published in Cuba in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Great October Revolution. One of them depicts the monument to V. Lenin set on the hill with the same name in Havana, and the second one features a sculpture of Worker and Collective Farm Girl by Vera Mukhina.
It should be reminded that jubilee of the Revolution became the main topic of conference which took place in Havana. The forum was arranged in the main library of Cuba. The exhibition was opened to coincide with the jubilee. It is located in the Pushkin hall of the library inaugurated by the Russkiy Mir Foundation in 2010.
This is not the first event dedicated to year 1917 in Russia. A scientific conference on this topic was held at Higher Institute of International Relations, which is an analogue of Moscow State University of Foreign Affairs.
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