24 May 1940
Plot
A failed assassination attempt on Trotsky when gunmen fire on his villa
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Mexico City in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
A failed assassination attempt on Trotsky when gunmen fire on his villa
Assassinated in Mexico City
Death of Leon Trotsky, assassinated
Cuban consular staff are told that processing a Soviet visa for Oswald would require approximately four months.
The Warren Commission reports that Oswald spoke with either Yatskov or Valeriy Kostikov while seeking a Soviet visa.
Kostikov is identified as one of the Soviet consular officials who may have dealt directly with Oswald's visa request.
Provenance
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