Historical clue formulations

• Meteor in a November shower — 2026-04-08
• Brezhnev of the Soviet Union — 2025-09-28
• U.S.S.R.'s Brezhnev — 2014-11-09
• ___ meteor shower — 2012-09-27
• Russian playwright Andreyev — 2012-02-25
• Russian writer Andreyev — 2009-11-14
• Russian playwright Andreyev — 2009-10-08
• Meteor in a meteor shower — 2008-03-05
• Russian writer Andreyev — 2007-04-12
• Russian writer Andreyev famous for his horrific tales — 2006-12-09
• Author Andreyev, called "The Edgar Allan Poe of Russian Literature" — 2005-07-01
• Soviet leader Brezhnev — 1999-01-04
• Nikita's successor — 1995-03-28