RUSSIAN-CUBAN INTERNATIONALIST IN DEFENSE OF THE SPANISH REPUBLIC: MOISES RAIGORODSKY

Abstract

More than a thousand Cubans fought in favor of the Spanish Republic. Some of them were people born in the Iberian Peninsula, settled in Cuba a long time ago and before the outbreak of the civil war, they launched themselves to the defense of the legally established government. But there is a very interesting example that reflects how solidarity has no borders or impediments: the case of Moisés Raigorodsky. A young Russian who lived in Havana since he was a child and had participated in the struggles against the dictator Gerardo Machado, showing great courage despite his young age. For this reason he was very persecuted by the police forces and the Communist Youth League, to which he belonged, organized his departure from the country to Spain in 1935. Months later, Moisés did not hesitate to join the Fifth Regiment to defend the Republic from the attack of the Falangist hosts and died heroically in the battle of Casa de Campo, in November 1936.

Keywords

• spanish republic
• internationalism
• anti-fascism
• mutiny of 1936
• civil war in spain
• moisés raigorodsky