yes, but not directly. He had the KGB do it. Read animal farm, and it will all make sense. Stalin is a pig called Napoleon, Trotsky is a pig called Snowball, and the KGB are dogs.
The KGB was not around until after Stalin's death. The story is that Stalin had some an agent of the NKVD - the Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs, a public secret police system under Stalin notorious for running the Gulags - named Ramon Mercador, from Barcelona Spain. This man claimed to have been born in Tehran under a diplomat for a father, and was a Belgian journalist named Jacques Mornard who bought a fake passport on the black market. The guy was released in prison after 20 years in 1960 and went between Cuba and the USSR (where he was apparently treated like a hero.) He was never able to get back to Spain fortunately, even though he wanted to.
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.
Stalin effectively outmaneuvered Trotsky within the Communist Party by forming alliances with key party members, gaining their support and isolating Trotsky. Stalin also manipulated party structures to his advantage, such as controlling party appointments and using his position as General Secretary to undermine Trotsky's influence. Ultimately, Stalin's political cunning and skill at consolidating power allowed him to defeat Trotsky in the power struggle for leadership of the Soviet Union after Lenin's death.
The relationship between Napoleon and Snowball in Animal Farm resembles the rivalry between Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky in Soviet history. Both pairs involved power struggles, with one figure (Napoleon/Stalin) eventually asserting dominance over the other (Snowball/Trotsky) through manipulation and force.
Josef Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from mid 1920â??s until his death in 1953. Though many expected Trotsky to ascend to the role of leader following Leninâ??s death, Stalin managed to consolidate power under his role as General Secretary of the Central Committee, he then expanded it and became the supreme leader of the Soviet Union.
Leon Trotsky was against racism and believed in equality for all people. His stance on racism influenced his political beliefs and actions by shaping his commitment to fighting for social justice and advocating for the rights of marginalized groups. Trotsky believed that racism was a tool used by the ruling class to divide and oppress the working class, and he worked to unite people of all races in the struggle for a more just society.
because he did
Yes, Stalin had Trotsky killed eventually. However, before that he had Trotsky kicked out of USSR politics and then the USSR itself.
Joseph Stalin's rival for control of the Soviet Union was Leon Trotsky. Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 and over the next 5 years Stalin would kill or otherwise remove all of his political opponents and rivals and exile Trotsky. He eventually had Trotsky assassinated in Mexico City in 1940.
No in fact they were enemies, that's why trotsky was killed by the CIA. Stalin was jealous of trotsky.
Leon Trotsky accused Joseph Stalin of being a tyrant and demanded democracy. Although Lenin wanted Trotsky to assume leadership after his death, Stalin's supporters out-maneuvered Trotsky. Stalin suppressed Lenin's will and manipulated Trotsky out of his post of Commissioner of War as well as out of the Politburo.
Joseph Stalin opposed Trotsky in their struggle for power after Vladimir Lenin died in 1924.
Trotsky and Stalin's interpretations of Marxism differed greatly because Stalin was a Bolshevik while Trotsky was a Menshevik.
Trotsky was mad at Stalin because he did not have a major role in the Russian Revolution.
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.
The main persons vying for power were Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. There were others, such as Grigori Zinoviev and Nikolai Bukharin, but the first battle was between Trotsky and Stalin. Lenin favored Trotsky over Stalin, but Stalin was too entrenched in the Communist Party for Trotsky to win that struggle.
Poorly, in fact he was assassinated on Stalin's orders.
Stalin's biggest rival was Leon Trotsky.