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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 gave up politics and writing in favor of a career as a gardener. He was hunted down and murdered by an assassin, [[Ramon Mercador]], sent by Stalin in 1940.

Trotsky eventually settled in [[Mexico]] in 1937, where he gave up politics and writing in favor of a career as a gardener. He was hunted down and murdered in [[Mexico City]] by an assassin, [[Ramon Mercador]], sent by Stalin 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."