Historical clue formulations

• Like Russia before 1917 — 2024-10-05
• Like Russia prior to 1917 — 2018-11-11
• Like pre-1917 Russia — 2017-11-12
• Like pre-1917 Russia — 2012-06-24
• Russian reactionary — 1998-04-10
• Russian political oddity — 1994-04-24