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When Lenin died in 1924, a lengthy power struggle began between Trotsky and Stalin.  Trotsky took the view that socialism in the Soviet Union must await a revolution in western Europe and even worldwide.  Stalin wanted power immediately and offered a rival ideology, ''Socialism in one country''. To fend off accusations of becoming the new 'Napoleon', he gave up his command of the Red Army. However Stalin expelled Trotsky from the Bolshevik party in 1927 and exiled him from Russia in 1929.

When Lenin died in 1924, a lengthy power struggle began between Trotsky and Stalin.  Trotsky took the view that socialism in the Soviet Union must await a revolution in western Europe and even worldwide.  Stalin wanted power immediately and offered a rival ideology, ''Socialism in one country''. To fend off accusations of becoming the new 'Napoleon', he gave up his command of the Red Army. However Stalin expelled Trotsky from the Bolshevik party in 1927 and exiled him from Russia in 1929.

Trotsky eventually settled in Mexico in 1937, where he was hunted down and murdered by an assassin sent by Stalin, who posed as a gardener.

Trotsky eventually settled in Mexico in 1937, where he was hunted down and murdered by an assassin sent by Stalin, who posed as a gardener, in 1940.

Trotsky's famous command was this: "Those who do not obey, do not eat."

Trotsky's famous command was this: "Those who do not obey, do not eat."