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He was a political refugee, fleeing from Stalinist purges in the Soviet Union. He fled to Mexico in 1936.
He was eventually assassinated on Stalin's orders by hit-man Ramon Mercader in 1939.
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Where and when was Leon Trotsky murdered?
Trotsky was murdered on August 21, 1940 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Where did Leon Trotsky die?
He was killed in his home (in Coyoacan, Mexico city) in 1940. His death was caused by an icepick being smashed into his skull.
In which country was Leon Trotsky stabbed?
Trotsky was murdered in Mexico.
Where is the tomb of Leon Trotsky?
Mexico
Who was the soviet leader who was murdered in Mexico in 1940?
Leon Trotsky was murdered in Mexico by a Russian agent sent by Joseph Stalin in 1940.
In what country was Trotsky murdered?
He was in Mexico city , Mexico. NKVD agents did him in with an ice axe.
Did Trotsky regain power after being exiled?
After he was exiled, Leon Trotsky never returned to power. He was murdered while in Mexico.
Who is the Russian politician that was assassinated in Mexico?
Leon Trotsky, the number two man in the Bolshevik Party during the Russian Revolution of October 1917 was assassinated in Mexico City, Mexico in 1940.
What did Stalin do to Trotsky?
Stalin had Trotsky expelled from the Communist Party and exiled from the Soviet Union. He then ordered the assassination of Trotsky, who was killed in Mexico in 1940 by a Soviet agent.
Who was the Bolshevik revolutionary murdered in Mexico in 1940?
Leon Trotsky?
Where was Leon Trotsky buried?
Trotsky was in Sukhum recuperating and receiving treatment for an illness. He had been on a train to Sukhum and was in the railway station at Tiflis when he received a telegram from Stalin that Lenin had died. Trotsky telephoned Moscow and was told the funeral would be on the coming Saturday, that he could not make it back in time and that he should remain there taking his treatments. They had lied to Trotsky about the date. The funeral was actually held on Sunday, one day later. Trotsky could easily have made it back to Moscow by then. Stalin deliberately misled Trotsky as to the date of the funeral to make Trotsky look bad in the eyes of the party members.
Who was Former Red Army general who was assassinated in Mexico?
Leon Trotsky.
