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Leon Trotsky was assassinated on August 20, 1940, in Mexico City on the orders of Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union. Stalin viewed Trotsky as a significant political rival and a threat to his power, particularly due to Trotsky's opposition to Stalin's policies and his role in the early Bolshevik government. The assassination was carried out by Ramón Mercader, a Spanish communist agent who infiltrated Trotsky's inner circle.

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