Assassination of Leon Trotsky

Assassination of Leon Trotsky
The study where Trotsky was assassinated
LocationCoyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
Date20 August 1940
c. 17:20 UTC−06:00
TargetLeon Trotsky
WeaponIce axe
Deaths1 (Trotsky)
PerpetratorNKVD
AssailantRamón Mercader

On 20 August 1940, Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and political theorist Leon Trotsky was fatally attacked by NKVD agent Ramón Mercader with an ice axe at his residence in Mexico City. Despite initially surviving, Trotsky died at a nearby hospital the next day from his injuries.


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