assassination of Leon Trotsky
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The assassination of Leon Trotsky was the 1940 murder of the exiled Russian revolutionary leader in Mexico, carried out with an ice axe by a Stalinist agent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| assassination of Leon Trotsky canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event
ⓘ
murder ⓘ political assassination ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
annual Trotskyist commemorations
ⓘ
memorials at Trotsky’s house in Coyoacán ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| date | 1940-08-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeathOfVictim | 1940-08-21 ⓘ |
| hasPerpetrator | Ramón Mercader ⓘ |
| hasPerpetratorAllegiance |
Joseph Stalin
ⓘ
Soviet secret police ⓘ |
| hasPerpetratorOrganization | NKVD ⓘ |
| hasVictim | Leon Trotsky ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Purge
ⓘ
Stalinist repression of opposition ⓘ |
| impact |
martyrdom status for Trotskyist movement
ⓘ
strengthening of Stalin’s control over Soviet politics ⓘ |
| legalOutcomeForPerpetrator | conviction for murder in Mexico ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | international press attention ⓘ |
| method | attack with an ice axe ⓘ |
| motive |
elimination of a political rival of Joseph Stalin
ⓘ
suppression of Trotskyist opposition ⓘ |
| orderedBy | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Stalin–Trotsky conflict
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet campaign against Trotskyists
|
| perpetratorCoverIdentity |
Frank Jacson
ⓘ
Jacques Mornard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetratorIdeology |
Stalin era
ⓘ
surface form:
Stalinism
|
| perpetratorLaterHonors |
Hero of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Order of Lenin ⓘ |
| perpetratorNationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| perpetratorReleaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| perpetratorSentenceLength | 20 years imprisonment ⓘ |
| place |
Coyoacán
ⓘ
Mexico City ⓘ |
| plannedBy | NKVD ⓘ |
| precededBy | failed machine-gun attack on Trotsky in May 1940 ⓘ |
| result |
death of Leon Trotsky
ⓘ
international condemnation ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAt |
Leon Trotsky Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
Leon Trotsky House Museum
|
| victimAsylumGrantedBy |
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río
ⓘ
surface form:
Lázaro Cárdenas
|
| victimHostCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| victimPoliticalAffiliation | Trotskyism ⓘ |
| victimResidence | fortified house in Coyoacán ⓘ |
| victimRole |
Marxist theorist
ⓘ
Russian revolutionary leader ⓘ exiled Soviet politician ⓘ |
| victimStatusAtTime | political exile in Mexico ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | ice axe ⓘ |
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