The article -- to be or not to be, that is the question

During ... Soviet era. Does that phrase take the article or not?


Does the following phrase take the article or not? When talking about .... Soviet soviety

Does the following phrase take an article or not? When .... conscription was in full swing....

Does the following phrase contain an article or not? When protests flooded....streets. 

Does the following take an article or not? 
they didn't have access to ... outside. 

Corruption is endemic to .... Translovian government


Do you ad an article or not? Care for ... elderly