Leon Trotsky became a political enemy of Josef Stalin. Stalin's fear of any descent from his policies were tantamount to treason. Stalin believed that if one of the original Bolsheviks, such as a Trotsky, could gather strength, there could be a revolution against Stalin's regime. Therefore Stalin put a price on Trosky's head. Trotsky was murdered in Mexico.
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He died the 21st of August 1940 in Mexico at 60 years of age. Trotsky died because a Russian agent, Ramon Mercader, murdered him by smashing the pointed end of an ice axe into Trotsky's skull.
Leon Trotsky died in 1940.
he was assassinated by Ramon Mercader, who killed him with a blow to the head by an ice axe.
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Leon Trotsky was murdered in 1940.
Leon Trotsky died when an assassinator drove an ice pick into his head. He died August 21st 1940 at the age of 60 in Mexico
Trotsky was murdered in Mexico.
Trotsky was killed by a Russian agent named Ramon Mercader.
Leon Trotsky was born in a town called Yanivka or Yanovka. It was part of the Russian Empire at that time but is now part of Ukraine.