In 1922, the Communists were victorious, forming the Soviet Union with the unification of the Russian, Transcaucasian, Ukrainian, and Byelorussian republics. Following Lenin's death in 1924, a troika and a brief power struggle, Joseph Stalin came to power in the mid-1920s.
The state with the smallest land area is called Rhode Island.ustralia is the smallest continent with a land area of 7,686,850 sq km.
Per the 2009 estimate, the five smallest states by population are: 1. Wyoming (544,270) 2. Vermont (621,760) 3. North Dakota (646,844) 4. Alaska (698,473) 5.