In what ways did the Soviet Union help Cuba?

Here is the timeline of Soviet Cuba relation : The Soviets didn't back the Cuban revolution because at that time it was not clear to the world if the revolution was actually Communist. read more

The Soviet Union took advantage of the favorable situation for it to meddle and decided to come to Cuba’s assistance on February 13, 1960. It did this in order to gain influence in the Western Hemisphere, marking the inauguration of the modern Cuban-Soviet relationship. read more

Soviet union was already an enemy of US before Cuban missile crises, US deployed their nukes in Turkey and Italy this made USSR very angry. Castro understood the rising tension in the world so right after the Bay of Pigs Invasion he decided to get support,help and aid from soviet union. read more

For the Soviet Union, these ideas were against Marxism-Leninism, which believed in certain standards of modernization necessary for true communist progress. Against Soviet advice, Cuba made unsuccessful events to set up guerilla bases in Peru, Guatemala, Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia to provoke revolutions throughout the 1960s. read more