Leon Trotsky and the Bolshevik Party were against the Provisional government that was established as a democracy. He believed that the revolutionaries that created the new government not only tried to divide it between the new authorities and the bourgeoisie, but worse planned to give the entire government over to the bourgeoisie.
Joseph Stalin ordered for Trotskys assassination. He ordered for him to be killed with an axe
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In 1940, a Spanish-born Soviet agent, Ramon Mercader, murdered Trotsky at his home in Mexico City. He plunged an ice pick into his head, Trotsky screamed the most terrible scream and died a day later. Ramon Mercader got a beating from Trotskys staff but Trotsky sparred him as he said he now had a story to tell. :0
Absolutely not. Trotsky was a Bolshevik. The degree to which early Bolshevism was democratic or authoritarian is debated among scholars, but the Bolsheviks under Lenin followed a policy called "democratic centrism," in which debate was confined to the party and then the government leadership, once a decision was made, presented a unified front to the public. This policy created a plethora of problems, and may have played a role in Trotsky's own oustre from the Politburo. As for Trotskys own views, many were dramatically democratic. He went so far as to advocate the abolition of rank and the democratic making of decisions within the armed forces. He was wildly popular within the Petersburg Soviet, which was the dominant partner in a dual power relationship with the Kerenski government which was the nominal leader of Russia after the February (1917) Revolution. See Trotsky's "The Revolution Betrayed" and Isaac Deutscher's "The Prophet Armed" for more of Trotsky's views.
Leon Trotsky was assassinated on August 20, 1940, in Mexico City on the orders of Joseph Stalin. Trotsky, a key figure in the Russian Revolution and a prominent opponent of Stalin's regime, had been living in exile since the late 1920s. Stalin viewed him as a significant threat to his power and sought to eliminate him to consolidate his control over the Soviet Union. The assassination was carried out by Ramón Mercader, a Spanish communist covertly working for the Soviet secret police.
Leon Trotsky aimed to promote permanent revolution, advocating for the idea that socialism could not succeed in one country alone and that international revolution was necessary for its survival. He sought to spread Marxist ideology globally, believing that the working class should lead the fight against capitalism. Additionally, Trotsky aimed to oppose the bureaucratic tendencies within the Soviet state, advocating for a more democratic and egalitarian socialist society. His vision included the empowerment of the proletariat and the establishment of a truly revolutionary socialist order.
Leon Trotsky, a key figure in the Russian Revolution, faced accusations of various crimes primarily related to his opposition to Joseph Stalin's policies and his role in the Bolshevik regime. He was accused of promoting Trotskyism, which advocated for permanent revolution and criticized Stalin's concept of socialism in one country. Additionally, he was blamed for the failures of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and for fostering dissent within the Communist Party. Ultimately, these allegations led to his exile and assassination in 1940, as Stalin sought to eliminate any threats to his leadership.