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He was murdered by an assassin in his home outside Mexico City, on August 20, 1940.
Trotsky had been exiled by Stalin as a political enemy, and continued to write about the decay of communism under Stalin. Stalin placed a bounty on Trotsky's head. In May, 1940, a team of NKVD agents attacked Trotsky's villa, abducting and killing his assistant, Robert Sheldon Harte.
Three months later, Trotsky was attacked in his study by a man named Ramon Mercader. Trotsky was hit and then stabbed with an ice ax, fatally wounding him. Mercader was captured and convicted, but honored by the USSR after serving his sentence.

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