The leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro, has died at the age of 90, his brother, Chairman of the State Council and Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro, announced on state television.
“The leader of the Cuban revolution at 22.29 tonight (06.29 Saturday Moscow time),” RIA Novosti quotes Raul Castro as saying, citing Agence France-Presse and Reuters.
Raul Castro announced Fidel's death on state television.
In 1945 he entered the University of Havana. Received a legal education. During his student years he began political activity. In his political career Castro harshly criticized dictator Fulgencio Batista.
In 1953, he led the assault on the Moncada barracks, after which he was arrested and sentenced to a long prison term. At the final court hearing, he made a famous speech, which he ended with the words: “History will justify me!” In 1955 he was released under a general amnesty.
That same year he emigrated to Mexico, where he began preparing an uprising. He founded the July 26 Movement and began preparing to overthrow the Batista regime.
On November 25, 1956, Cuban revolutionaries under the leadership of Fidel Castro set off for Cuba on the motor yacht Granma. In December 1956, Fidel Castro, together with his brother Raul and the Argentine doctor Ernesto Che Guevara, led revolutionary movement on the island against Batista. After the victory of the revolution in January 1959, Fidel Castro became Prime Minister of Cuba.
In 1965, after becoming the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Castro transformed Cuba into a one-party state. socialist republic. From 1976 to 2008, he served as Chairman of the State Council and Council of Ministers of Cuba, as well as Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
On February 19, 2008, five days before the expiration of his term of office, Fidel Castro announced that he was refusing to join the new term as Chairman of the State Council and Commander-in-Chief. On February 24, 2008, the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba elected Raul Castro as the leader of the country.
Let us recall that Fidel Castro, four months before his 90th birthday, from the rostrum of the Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, speaking about the death and future of communist ideals. According to the politician, after his death, the ideas of the Cuban communists will remain in the world: “This will be proof that on this planet, if you work with diligence and dignity, you can produce the material and cultural goods that people need.”
90-year-old Fidel Castro died. Due to health problems, back in 2006, Fidel transferred the responsibilities and powers of the head of the State Council and the Council of Ministers to his brother Raul Castro.
On November 25, 2016, Fidel Castro died. The cause of Fidel Castro's death was a severe intestinal disease.
Early in the morning in Moscow, the leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro, died at the age of 90. Fidel's death was announced on Cuban television, Reuters reports.
"The leader of the Cuban revolution died at 10:29 pm this evening (local time)," Raul Castro announced on state television.
Fidel Castro will be cremated on Saturday, said the revolutionary's brother, Cuban leader Raul Castro.
Fidel is a Cuban revolutionary, statesman and political figure.
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926 in Cuba in the town of Biran (Oriente province) in the family of a native of the Spanish province of Galicia, Angel Castro.
His father is Angel Castro Argis (1875-1956), an emigrant from Spain, a former poor farmer who became rich and became the owner of a large sugar plantation.
Mother - Lina Rus Gonzalez (1903-1963), was a cook on her father's estate. She bore Angel Castro five children before he married her.
Although Castro's parents were illiterate, they tried to provide a good education for their children. In 1941, Fidel Castro entered the privileged Jesuit College Bethlehem.
In 1945, Fidel brilliantly graduated from college and entered the University of Havana to study law.
From December 1976, for 30 years, he was Chairman of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba, was also the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and Chairman of the National Defense Council of the country.
Western media have previously reported his death more than once. Fidel Castro survived several assassination attempts.
Fidel Castro's personal life was eventful. Women idolized him.
Officially, there were three women in Fidel's life. Castro recognized his seven children, but according to rumors there are at least fifty of them.
Fidel's first wife was Mirta Diaz Ballart, the minister's daughter. In 1948, they had a wedding according to all the canons of the then bourgeois society of Cuba.
Soon a son was born, who was given the name Fidelito, the only legitimate child of Fidel Castro.
Fidelito was married to a Russian, then to a Spanish aristocrat.
Fidel's second wife was Nati Revuelta, one of the most beautiful women Havana bohemia of that time. She was married to an old Cuban doctor.
After Castro divorced Mirta, Nati gave birth to his daughter Alina. The daughter fled Cuba in 1993 using a fake Spanish passport.
It was Alina who lifted the veil of secrecy over Fidel’s personal life by writing a frank book of memoirs, and she also spoke about her brothers and sisters.
All of Castro's last children were born to a woman named Deliv Soto, Fidel's long-time love, she was his common-law wife for almost a quarter of a century. In addition, Castro has another child, Jorge Angel, with a woman known in Cuba as “Amparo.”
The Comandante's last legal wife was Celia Sanchos, a secretary. She committed suicide in the mid-80s.
Fidel was then married to a woman named Dalia.
Photo: flickr.com/Marcelo Montecino
HAVANA, November 26. /Corr. TASS Igor Pokutniy/. The leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro, died at the age of 91.
This was announced by the Chairman of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers, Raul Castro, on state television.
“I am here to inform our people, our friends in America and the world, that today, November 25, 2016, at 22:29 (06:29 Saturday Moscow time), the commander-in-chief of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, died,” he said. According to him, in accordance with the will of the deceased, “his remains will be cremated.”
As Raul Castro noted, in the coming hours the funeral organization commission will present detailed information about how farewell events will be organized.
Biography
Fidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926 in the village of Biran into the family of the owner of a large sugar plantation in the Cuban province of Oriente. In 1945 he entered the University of Havana. Received a legal education. During his student years he began political activity. In his political career, Castro was a sharp critic of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
In 1953, he led the assault on the Moncada barracks, after which he was arrested and sentenced to a long prison term. At the final court hearing, he made a famous speech, which he ended with the words: “History will vindicate me!” In 1955 he was released under a general amnesty.
That same year he emigrated to Mexico, where he began preparing an uprising. He founded the July 26 Movement and began preparing to overthrow the Batista regime.
On November 25, 1956, Cuban revolutionaries under the leadership of Fidel Castro set off for Cuba on the motor yacht Granma. In December 1956, Fidel Castro, together with his brother Raul and Argentine doctor Ernesto Che Guevara, led a revolutionary movement on the island against Batista. After the victory of the revolution in January 1959, Fidel Castro became Prime Minister of Cuba.
In 1961, Fidel Castro became a laureate of the International Lenin Prize "For Strengthening Peace Among Nations." In 1963, Fidel Castro was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Among his many awards and honors are two Orders of Lenin (1972 and 1986), the Gold Star medal (1963) and the Order of the October Revolution (1976).
In 1965, after becoming the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Castro transformed Cuba into a one-party socialist republic. From 1976 to 2008, he served as Chairman of the State Council and Council of Ministers of Cuba, as well as Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
On February 19, 2008, 5 days before the expiration of his term of office, Fidel Castro announced that he was refusing to take up a new term as Chairman of the State Council and Commander-in-Chief. On February 24, 2008, the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba elected Raul Castro as the leader of the country.
On April 19, 2011, Fidel Castro officially resigned as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, whose powers were transferred to Raul Castro.
The leader of the Cuban revolution passed away at the age of 91.
Fidel's death was announced by his brother, Chairman of the Council of State of Cuba, Raul Castro on state television. Castro died at 19:00 Friday local time (3:00 Saturday Moscow time).
Raul Casto also announced that Fidel's body would be cremated on the morning of November 26: "According to the will expressed by Comrade Fidel, his body will be cremated in the early hours of Saturday."
For 30 years, Fidel Castro was the Chairman of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba, he was also the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Chairman of the National Defense Council of the country. He was also Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and was First Secretary of the Central Committee of the ruling Communist Party of Cuba from 1961-2011.
Under his leadership, Cuba was transformed into a one-party socialist state, industry and private property were nationalized, and large-scale reforms were carried out throughout society.
IN last years throughout his life he experienced health problems. In 2008, he was forced to transfer power to his younger brother. He later admitted that he did this because of a stomach illness, since in 2006 doctors diagnosed him with a fatal diagnosis. Last May, at a meeting with French President Francois Hollande, Castro spoke about his health: problems with his knee and how difficult it was for him to stand. At the same time, the French delegation noted the mental acuity of the former leader and said that he uses the Internet to learn about world problems.
In April 2016, Castro gave a speech at the final day of the Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba. At the time, he mentioned his advanced age, but said that he believed in communist ideals and the victory of the Cuban people.
Due to deteriorating health, on July 31, 2006, Fidel Castro transferred the responsibilities and powers of the head of the State Council and the Council of Ministers to his brother Raul Castro, and on April 19, 2011, he resigned from the post of head of the ruling party.
It all started in December 1956, when a group of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro landed from the small yacht Granma in the province of Oriente. The group, which eventually became the Rebel Army, launched a guerrilla struggle against the dictatorial regime.
After the victory of the revolution and the overthrow of the Batista dictatorship on January 1, 1959, democratic forces came to power in Cuba, rallying around the Rebel Army led by Fidel Castro.
During Fidel Castro's years in power, more than 600 assassination attempts were made on his life, including poison in cigars and a bomb in a baseball.
In the photo below: Chairman of the State Council of Cuba Fidel Castro, President of the Republic of Cuba Osvaldo Torrado, Ernesto Che Guevara at the head of the funeral procession at the farewell to the victims of the explosion of the La Couvre motor ship.
The cargo ship La Coubre exploded on March 4, 1960 while unloading in the port of Havana. The death toll was 101 people, 209 people were injured. The main version of events, according to the statement of the Cuban authorities, was terrorist attack, organized by the CIA.
Fidel Castro entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most fiery speaker - his speech to the UN on September 29, 1960 lasted 4 hours 29 minutes.
According to Reuters, Castro's longest speech was given at the Third Congress of the Cuban Communist Party in 1986 and lasted 7 hours and 10 minutes. According to AN Cuba-vision, this speech lasted 27 hours.
And one day Castro gave a three-hour lecture to American congressmen on the problem of raising especially milk-producing cows.
Fidel Castro visited the USSR several times. Castro's first visit to the USSR lasted almost a month and a half, as Fidel set himself the task of thoroughly acquainting himself with the life of the “country of victorious socialism.” He visited Siberia and Ukraine, the Urals and Central Asia, Leningrad and Volgograd, Murmansk and Tbilisi.
When he first arrived in Soviet Union, Muscovites at a crowded rally on Red Square on April 28, 1963 gave him an unprecedented enthusiastic reception. Fidel Castro visited the Bolshoi Theater for the ballet "Swan Lake". After the performance, he met the ballet dancers and the theater's prima Maya Plisetskaya.
Fidel Castro was a voracious smoker - his image with an invariable Havana cigar in his mouth has become a classic. However, at the end of 1986
Fidel quit smoking due to deteriorating health
Fidel Castro was an excellent athlete. Played good baseball.
Castro was a devotee of Rolex watches. In many pictures he can be seen with two Rolex Submariners on his wrist.
He was an avid fisherman.
In May 1960, Fidel Castro took second place in the Ernest Hemingway fishing tournament, catching a blue marlin weighing about 25 kg.
In 1962, Castro was excommunicated by Pope John XXIII on the basis of the Decree against Communism of Pope Pius XII for organizing the communist revolution in Cuba.
Fidel Castro played in at least two American films, including the quite famous one at the time, “School for Mermaids.”
The NBO company, which ordered Stone's film Comandante, considered it a propaganda film praising Cuba and its leader. The film was banned from showing in the United States, and Oliver Stone again went to Cuba to investigate the situation with human rights on Liberty Island. Ironically, in 2006, American authorities fined the Finding Fidel film crew for “violating the economic embargo” against Cuba.
At the end of April 2010, Fidel started a microblog on Twitter.
At the beginning of August 2010, the first part of Fidel's memoirs, La Victoria Estratégica, was published for the first time in Cuba.
Fidel Castro has been an Arsenal football fan since the Gunners' double title in the 1970/71 season.
IN computer games"Call of Duty: Black Ops" and "The Godfather 2" have an operation to eliminate Castro. Both operations end in failure.
The leader of the Cuban revolution, Comandante, the permanent leader of Cuba for more than fifty years - all this is about the great and terrible Fidel Castro. Everyone probably knows about this person. Countless books have been written about him and a huge number of documentaries have been made. Some called him the people's leader of Cuba, and others called him one of the most famous dictators in human history.He was idolized and hated, extolled and despised. The life path of Fidel Castro can hardly be called unambiguous. And, sometimes, in this turmoil, it is extremely difficult to distinguish truth from lies. However, difficult does not mean impossible. AND life path Fidel Castro is a vivid example of the correctness of these words.
The Early Years of Fidel Castro
The future politician was born in a small town called Biran, in the province of Oriente. His family grew sugar cane and owned a small plantation. In 1941, Castro entered college, graduating with honors. As former classmates and teachers of the political leader note, from his earliest years Fidel was distinguished by his ambition and purposefulness.After graduating from college, Fidel decides to continue his studies and goes to Havana, where he enters the law faculty of the local university. Having received a law degree, in 1950 the future politician opened a private practice, but the revolutionary sentiments in the soul of Fidel Castro still turned out to be stronger.
Together with other figures of the Party of the Cuban People, of which he became a member while still studying at the university, he often participates in various political actions, and in 1953 he took part in an adventurous attack on one of the largest garrisons of the then head of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista. .
Such an enterprise turns out to be unsuccessful. A significant part of the conspirators die. The rest receive long prison sentences. Among them is Fidel Castro himself, who receives fifteen years in prison for his participation in the rebellion. However, he will only stay behind bars for two years: in 1955, under public pressure, Batista decides to release the conspirators, and Fidel Castro, among others, will be deported to Mexico.
Cuban Revolution
Looking ahead, we note that Fidel never abandoned his revolutionary sentiments. In 1958, Castro returns from South America with his future comrade-in-arms Ernest Che Guevara and a group of armed rebels. This episode played a huge role not only in the life and fate of the future politician, but also in the fate of the entire Cuban people. 
Initiated by Castro and Che Guevara partisan movement will soon gain strength, and already in 1959 rebel troops will capture Havana. Some time later, the Batista regime will be overthrown, and one dictator will be replaced by another. Fidel Castro became the commander-in-chief of the Cuban forces, as well as the head of the country's government. In the first years after the revolution, the United States of America provided active assistance to the new head. But soon relations between the states went wrong. Cuba has set a course towards building socialism. On this basis, all large and medium-sized landowners lost their lands, the property of private companies was nationalized, and the Cubans became en masse leave the country.
However, this was just the beginning. In 1962, based on a preliminary agreement with Moscow, Cuba deployed Soviet ballistic missiles on its territory. In response, the United States is putting its own army on high alert. The whole world is frozen on the brink of nuclear war. The collision is avoided, but after this moment Cuba was never the same. In 1965, Fidel Castro declared himself the first secretary of the Central Committee of Cuba.
Fidel Castro: politician
The period of the reign of the great comandante can hardly be called unambiguous. In the 60-70s, Cuba experienced an unprecedented economic recovery, but this fact was not a consequence of the political actions of the country's leadership, but of the gratuitous assistance of the Soviet Union. Free healthcare is appearing in the country, the literacy rate of the population is growing, and the tourism industry is flourishing. However, opposition sentiments among the Cuban population remain strong. Even some of his former supporters are becoming Fidel's opponents. Many Cubans are fleeing the country.Problematic moments in the life of Cuba become even more obvious when a political crisis begins in the USSR. Since the mid-80s, the Soviet Union has stopped providing economic assistance to Cuba, and the country's economy has gone into a steep decline. The once developed state is becoming one of the poorest in the region.
Fidel Castro becomes the target of countless assassination attempts, but still remains at the head of the country. Rumors about the death of the dictator appear in the press with varying frequency. The latest reports of this kind began to appear in the media in 2012. However, according to official information, the leader of Cuba is still alive. Because of feeling unwell in 2006, Fidel Castro stepped down from power and handed over the reins of power to his younger brother, Raul Castro.
Fidel Castro: the man
Information about the personal life of the ruler of Cuba is ambiguous, like his life itself. Castro's official biography states that he was in love three times, but popular rumor attributes him to countless affairs.Fidel's first wife was the charming blonde (which is a huge rarity for Cuba) Mirta Diaz Ballart. It is quite remarkable that her father was a prominent minister in the Batista government. However, despite all the obstacles, in 1948 the lovers got married and went on a honeymoon to... the USA. Honeymoon The parents of the newlyweds paid for it.
Fidel Castro. Outstanding Leader
Soon the politician’s first son, Fidelito, was born (in the future he will head the ministry nuclear power Cubes). Fidel's marriage to Mirta Diaz proceeded decorously and peacefully. But their love will be broken by Fidel’s other passion - the passion for political revolution.
In the fifties, when Fidel was in full swing preparing a revolutionary coup, the two spouses began to move away from each other. Soon another woman will appear in Castro's life - Nati Revuelta, the wife of a Havana doctor and an active supporter of the revolution. Some time later, the couple will have a daughter, Alina. Fidel Castro officially recognizes her only 20 years later, but after his daughter escapes to the United States, he will forbid even mentioning her name in his presence. Alina’s memories will allow us to claim that Fidel Castro has at least five more children born from his common-law wife Deliv Soto. It is quite remarkable that all their names begin with the letter “A” - Antonio, Alex, Alexander, Angelita, Alejandro.
How Moscow greeted Fidel in 1963
The Comandante's last wife was his secretary Celia Sanchos. She helped Fidel in all matters, but later her fate was tragic. In 1985, she committed suicide.
Death of Fidel Castro
Castro's health problems became known in July 2006, when in July the Cuban leader was hospitalized with bleeding in the intestinal area. For several months he was on the verge of life and death. De facto, the reins of power passed to his younger brother Raul Castro. 
Since then, rumors about the death of the Cuban leader appeared in the press regularly, but Fidel invariably denied them when appearing in public. The VII Congress of the Cuban Communist Party was not complete without his presence, and celebrations of his 90th birthday in August 2016 were held on a grand scale.