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answ2. Trotsky fell out of favour with the powerful, over interpretations of what communism was. He exiled himself to Mexico.
He was killed there by a blow from an ice axe. Allegedly one with the shaft shortened to about a foot. This was concealed in the assassins coat pocket.
An ice pick is a table instrument rather like a 6" screwdriver, with a sharpened end, and used for handling ice at the table.
Only one part of a mountaineers ice axe is the pick.
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When was Leon Trotsky assassinated?
August 1940
Who was Former Red Army general who was assassinated in Mexico?
Leon Trotsky.
What Russian figure was assassinated by Ramon Mercader in 1940?
LEON TROTSKY
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 happened to leon trotsky in 1924?
Leon Trotsky was one of the Communist leaders of the Russian Revolution in 1917. He died in 1924.
Who does the character snowball represent in the book animal farm?
Seems like Leon Trotsky to me. He opposed Stalin for which he was exiled and eventually assassinated in Mexico by a Soviet agent.
What are facts about Leon?
Leon Trotsky was the founder of the Red Army. He was the People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR from 1917 to 1918. He was a Marxist and a revolutionary. Trotsky lived from 1879 to 1940 when he was assassinated.
Who was the high-ranking Bolshevik who was assassinated by Stalin?
Leon Trotsky was murdered on orders from Stalin in 1940.
In which country was communist exile leon trotsky assassinated in 1940?
In his home (the "little fortress") in Coyoacan (in Mexico City) in August of 1940.
What famous events happened in the year 1940?
The Battle of Britain was an air battle between the Germans and the British. It was conducted between July 1940 to May 1941. Leon Trotsky was assassinated in Russia.
How was Leon Trotsky involved in World War 2?
Trotsky took no part in World War II as he was murdered in Mexico City, Mexico in 1940.
What made leon trotsky a historical figure?
Leon Trotsky was the first leader of the Red Army. He joined the Bolsheviks before and soon after became one of their leaders.
