Trotsky's exile and eventual assassination

• Why was Trotsky removed from power in 1927?

  Stalin's strategic alliances
• Steps taken to suppress Trotsky's followers

  1️⃣ Systematic arrests

  2️⃣ Torture

  3️⃣ Execution
• Match the circumstance with its explanation:

  Stalin's Strategic Alliances ↔️ Stalin secured support from key party members

  Political Atmosphere ↔️ Many preferred stability over Trotsky's revolutionary ideas
• In what year was the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic established?

  1922
• In what year was Trotsky exiled from the Soviet Union?

  1929
• Trotsky ceased his political activities after being exiled.

  False
• What was Stalin's primary goal after removing Trotsky from power?

  Eliminate Trotsky's influence
• Who was Trotsky's primary political opponent after his exile?

  Stalin
• What conflicting perceptions did Trotsky's assassination create in historical memory?

  Martyr vs. traitor
• What was the historical significance of Trotsky's assassination?

  Profound impact on Soviet regime
• Match the exile destination with Trotsky's key activities:

  Turkey ↔️ Writing, Organizing opposition

  Fourth International ↔️ Promoting revolutionary ideas
• What weapon did Ramón Mercader use to assassinate Leon Trotsky?

  Ice axe
• Who assassinated Leon Trotsky?

  Ramón Mercader
• What did Stalin do to Trotsky's supporters in key positions?

  Purged them
• Steps in Stalin's strategy to eliminate Trotsky's influence

  1️⃣ Build a personal power base

  2️⃣ Use propaganda to discredit Trotsky

  3️⃣ Purge Trotsky's supporters

  4️⃣ Manipulate party rules
• Sequence of events in Trotsky's exile and opposition

  1️⃣ Exile to Turkey in 1929

  2️⃣ Continued political writing

  3️⃣ Organizing opposition against Stalin

  4️⃣ Founding the Fourth International