assassination of Leon Trotsky
E324897
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 |
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| assassination of Leon Trotsky canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3074588 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: assassination of Leon Trotsky Context triple: [Ramón Mercader, notableEvent, assassination of Leon Trotsky]
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A.
assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz
The assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz was the 1922 killing of Poland’s first democratically elected president, an event that shocked the young Second Polish Republic and exposed deep political and social divisions.
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B.
Assassination of Napoleon
The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
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C.
murder of Jean-Paul Marat
The murder of Jean-Paul Marat was the 1793 assassination of the radical French revolutionary leader by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution, famously immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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D.
Death of Boris
"Death of Boris" is the climactic final scene in Modest Mussorgsky's opera *Boris Godunov*, depicting the tsar Boris Godunov's dramatic mental collapse and death.
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E.
assassination of Abdi İpekçi
The assassination of Abdi İpekçi was the 1979 murder of prominent Turkish journalist and editor-in-chief Abdi İpekçi, a pivotal political crime that shocked Turkey and highlighted rising extremism and instability in the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: assassination of Leon Trotsky Target entity description: 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.
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A.
assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz
The assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz was the 1922 killing of Poland’s first democratically elected president, an event that shocked the young Second Polish Republic and exposed deep political and social divisions.
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B.
Assassination of Napoleon
The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
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C.
murder of Jean-Paul Marat
The murder of Jean-Paul Marat was the 1793 assassination of the radical French revolutionary leader by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution, famously immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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D.
Death of Boris
"Death of Boris" is the climactic final scene in Modest Mussorgsky's opera *Boris Godunov*, depicting the tsar Boris Godunov's dramatic mental collapse and death.
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E.
assassination of Abdi İpekçi
The assassination of Abdi İpekçi was the 1979 murder of prominent Turkish journalist and editor-in-chief Abdi İpekçi, a pivotal political crime that shocked Turkey and highlighted rising extremism and instability in the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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suppression of Trotskyist opposition ⓘ |
| orderedBy | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Soviet campaign against Trotskyists
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linked to:
Stalin–Trotsky conflict
|
| perpetratorCoverIdentity |
Frank Jacson
ⓘ
Jacques Mornard ⓘ |
| perpetratorIdeology |
Stalinism
ⓘ
linked to:
Stalin era
|
| 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 House Museum
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linked to:
Leon Trotsky Museum
|
| victimAsylumGrantedBy |
Lázaro Cárdenas
ⓘ
linked to:
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río
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| victimHostCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| victimPoliticalAffiliation | Trotskyism ⓘ |
| victimResidence | fortified house in Coyoacán ⓘ |
| victimRole |
Marxist theorist
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Russian revolutionary leader ⓘ exiled Soviet politician ⓘ |
| victimStatusAtTime | political exile in Mexico ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | ice axe ⓘ |
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Subject: assassination of Leon Trotsky Description of subject: 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.
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