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.
What are the five smallest states in the US by population starting with the smallest? 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.