F. Castro's visit to the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent.
In May 1963, Fidel Castro and his entourage arrived in Tashkent. The guests toured the republic.
The city of Tashkent. Residents of the city welcome F. Castro and his entourage who have arrived in the republic. The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan Sh. R. Rashidov receives F. Castro. Panorama of the city. Views of new buildings. F. Castro inspects the central water distribution canal, the Tashkent Sea, visits one of the collective farms, talks with the collective farmers, inspects the fields.
In Tashkent, at the airport, Fidel Castro and his entourage are greeted by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan Sh.R. Rashidov and other figures of the party and government of the republic.
Children present the guests with bouquets of flowers. F. Castro and Sh.R. Rashidov embrace warmly. F. Castro is greeted by his compatriots, young Cuban students of Tashkent universities.
Residents of Tashkent greet Fidel Castro along the entire route of his journey from the airport. F. Castro and Sh.R. Rashidov greet the people from the car.
Portraits of N.S. Khrushchev and Fidel Castro - short.
Meeting of Fidel Castro and his companions with Sh.R. Rashidov and other leaders of the republic at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan.
PPR State Opera House and Theater Square in Tashkent - common area from the passage (summer).
Streets with new residential well-appointed houses, green alleys and squares - from the driveway.
Busy street traffic.
New districts of Tashkent - general.
Fidel Castro and his entourage get acquainted with the city, they are warmly welcomed by the city residents everywhere.
Fidel Castro and his companions examine with great interest the central water distribution canal in the south of Uzbekistan in the Hungry Steppe.
Water is bubbling in the system of distribution canals.
Reservoir - general., PPR Tashkent Sea.
Concrete canal.
Fidel Castro makes notes in his notebook.
A flock of sheep on a pasture spread out on the irrigated lands of the steppe.
Fidel Castro and his companions walk along the steppe, talk with shepherd Makhmud Muminov.
A Cuban examines a steppe tortoise. F. Castro holds a Karakul lamb in his arms.
Fields with forest fences (removed from the driveway) - general.
Collective farm estate from the driveway - general. F. Castro and his companions at the Kyzyl Uzbekistan collective farm, the collective farmers warmly welcome the guests.
Children present the guests with flowers. F. Castro and his entourage inspect the collective farm - a panoramic view of the buildings.
Cotton is being sowed in a square-nest pattern using tractor seeders. F. Castro talks to the collective farmers and gets behind the wheel of a tractor.
Tractor driver Turgun Utepov and F. Castro on a tractor.
A Cuban riding a collective farm camel.
A friendship rally in honor of the Cuban guests at the collective farm club. F. Castro is presented with a national Uzbek robe as a gift.
The rally participants applaud loudly. F. Castro and his entourage leave the collective farm, the people greet the Cubans on their way along the roads of the republic.