Purge
The most infamous case is that of Leon Trotsky, whose family was almost annihilated, before he himself was killed in Mexico by NKVD agent Ramon Mercader, who was part of an assassination task force put together by Special Agent Pavel Sudoplato
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Pavel Sudoplato Biography and Timeline
Follow Pavel Sudoplato through 1 dated historical records for Russia.
Pavel Sudoplato, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1936–1936Years on this page
1936
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