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In 1940, a Spanish-born Soviet agent, Ramon Mercader, murdered Trotsky at his home in Mexico City.
He plunged an ice pick into his head, Trotsky screamed the most terrible scream and died a day later. Ramon Mercader got a beating from Trotskys staff but Trotsky sparred him as he said he now had a story to tell. :0
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Who did Joseph stalin replace?
Joseph Stalin replaced Vladimir Lenin after his death in 1924. Stalin was a dictator of the Soviet Union for more than 20 years.
When did The Stalin end?
Joseph Stalin's reign as supreme leader of the USSR ended upon his death on 5 March 1953. His death was a result of a major stroke on 1 March 1953 which brought his death in the next few days. Later analysis in 2003 suggests Stalin had ingested a powerful rat poison, warfarin, that predisposes the victim to a hemorrhagic stroke which sums up his death as a possible murder.
Who was Stalin's chief?
Stalin's chief was Vladimir Lenin during the years before the Russian Revolution and until Lenin's death.
Who ordered leon Trotskys death?
Joseph Stalin ordered for Trotskys assassination. He ordered for him to be killed with an axe
What Soviet Minister of Internal Affairs was executed shortly after the death of Stalin?
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria was the head of the Secret Police (NKVD). Soon after Stalin's death he was arrested, tried and shot as a traitor.
