Who had Leon Trotsky killed?

Answer 1

Joseph Stalin gained total control of the Soviet Communist Party and of the Soviet Union. Trotsky was a true communist and political rival of Stalin. Leon Trotsky and his family were exiled and after that, Stalin decided that Trotsky was still a "thorn" in his side and so offered a huge reward for the assassination of Trotsky. He was killed in Mexico.

Answer 2

Chuck Siata here to say I made a minor edit. First answer is from Trisanhg90.

Leon Trotsky was killed by Ramon Mercader, who was an agent of the NKVD, the Soviet Internal Affairs Department on August 20, 1940. He was severely injured by an ice ax that hit him and died of trauma a day later died in the hospital after surgery.

Previously, the USSR had attempted to kill him, but with no success until then.

Ramon Mercader, likely an agent of Stalin

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 man 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.

As an aside, reportedly Stalin placed a bounty on Trotsky's life. Some say it was $1 million others say it was $100,000.

Answer 3

A Russian agent named Ramon Mercader on orders from Joseph Stalin murdered Trotsky in Mexico

Answer 4

A Russian agent murdered Trotsky by smashing the pointed end of an ice axe into his head.

Answer 5

Joseph Stalin gave the order to assassinate Trotsky. Ramon Mercader carried it out.

Answer 6

On August 21, 1940, Russian agent Ramon Mercader killed Leon Trotsky in his home in Mexico City, Mexico using an ice axe.

Answer 7

The question Trotsky was minor edit by myself, the previous person had a good answer. His username is Trisanhg90.