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.
Sponsored Topics. Rhode Island earned the nickname the âOcean Stateâ for its 400 miles of swirling, saltwater coastline, carving out Narragansett Bay and inlets up to the Massachusetts border. âLittle Rhodyâ is also the smallest state in the U.S â only 1,500 square miles â and it is a 30-minute drive from any geographic point to the waterline.