On August 20, 1940, in a quiet Mexico City study, one of the last living architects of the Russian Revolution was struck down, not by a rival revolutionary, but by an ice axe wielded by a Soviet assassin. Leon Trotsky's murder was the climax of a decades-long battle over power, ideology, and the very soul of socialism.
In this gripping episode, we uncover the story behind the assassination of Leon Trotsky, his rise as Lenin's brilliant right hand, his fall at the hands of Stalin's machinery, and his final years in exile, hunted by the regime he once helped build. This is not just a story of betrayal and espionage, it's a story of history rewritten by force.
In this episode, we explore:
Trotsky's revolutionary beginnings and rise alongside Lenin
The brutal power struggle with Stalin after Lenin's death
Exile, isolation, and the founding of the Fourth International
The NKVD's global campaign to erase Trotsky
The failed May 1940 raid and the shocking success of Ramón Mercader
Trotsky's final words, legacy, and the symbolic weight of his murder
How Stalin's regime rewrote history—and how Trotsky refused to vanish from it
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