Cuba commemorates 105th anniversary of October Revolution

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 7 (ACN) With a military ceremony at the Mausoleum to the Soviet Internationalist Soldier, in Havana, representatives of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) commemorated today the 105th anniversary of the triumph of the Great October Socialist Revolution.

The military institution published on Twitter a photograph of the event, which was presided over by member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Major General Victor Rojo, head of the Political Directorate of the FAR.

In the Mausoleum, wreaths were laid by the FAR, the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP by its Spanish acronym), and the Russian and Belarusian embassies, to pay tribute to those soldiers who died while on an internationalist mission.

Major General Jose Carrillo, president of the Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution, stressed the importance of the October Revolution, an event that opened a new era in the history of mankind.

Valery Valerievich Baranoski, ambassador of Belarus to Cuba, pointed out that this historic event joined the people in values of justice, work and equality, and allowed the economic, technological, scientific, cultural, sports and social progress of the republics that made up the USSR.

The commemoration was also attended by Angel Arzuaga, deputy head of the international relations department of the Cuban Communist Party; Fernando Gonzalez, president of the ICAP, as well as heads of the FAR and the ministry of the Interior, and military attachés of the diplomatic corps accredited to Havana.