Guest from the Island of Freedom

Guest from the Island of Freedom

Guest from the Island of Freedom

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Guest from the Island of Freedom

1963

1h 49m

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A documentary about Fidel Castro's visit to the USSR from April 28 to June 3, 1963 and how the Cuban leader traveled throughout the Soviet Union for 40 days, from Severodvinsk to Khiva in Uzbekistan.

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