Rare archive VIDEO of Cuban leader Fidel Castro's tour of the Soviet Union

Trying to ski, visiting the Bolshoi Theater and meeting ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, as well as driving a tractor and dining out with Siberian fishermen. Seems Fidel Castro had a riot during his visit to the USSR in 1963!

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