Mountaineers’ ice axe used by NKVD agent Ramón Mercader to kill Trotsky after he de
Mountaineers’ ice axe used by NKVD agent Ramón Mercader to kill Trotsky after he defected to the West. Rust has formed where Trotsky’s blood remained on the instrument. -- source link
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