The 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Kremlin Palace of Congresses (now State Kremlin Palace), February 23 - March 3, 1981. Fidel Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, who arrived as head of the Cuban Communist Party's delegation to take part in the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the USSR, visits the city of Odessa during his trip to the Ukrainian SSR.