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Stalin Line
Stalin Line (Линия Сталина): Soviet chain of fortified regions along the pre-1939 western border, Karelian Isthmus to Black Sea, built 1928-1939, 13+8 URs, over 7,000 pillboxes; mothballed for the Molotov Line, overrun 1941.
Stalingrad (1993 film)
Stalingrad is a 1993 German anti-war film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. It chronicles a fictional Wehrmacht platoon's experience during the encirclement of the German 6th Army in 1942–43.
Stalingrad (Сталинград) (2013 film)
Stalingrad (Сталинград) is Fedor Bondarchuk's 2013 Russian war drama about Soviet soldiers defending a house in the 1942 battle; the first Russian IMAX 3D film, $30 million budget, $68.7 million worldwide gross, Russia's 2013 Oscar entry.
Stalinism
Stalinism: the political, economic, and ideological system of Joseph Stalin's rule in the USSR (1922–53), marked by forced collectivization, five-year plans, mass terror, and debate over its continuity with Leninism.
Stalinist architecture
Stalinist architecture, also known as the Stalinist Empire style or socialist classicism, dominated Soviet building from the 1930s to the early 1950s, blending classical composition with rich ornament.
Stalinist purges in Mongolia
The Stalinist purges in Mongolia, known in Mongolian as Ikh Helmegdel, were waves of repression in the 1920s and 1930s that killed tens of thousands, especially Buddhist lamas.
Stalinka
Stalinka (сталинка) is the colloquial name for Soviet apartment buildings built under Stalin, roughly 1935–1955: brick construction, high ceilings, spacious flats, elite and ordinary types, ended by Khrushchev's 1955 anti-excess decree.
Stalk-eyed fly
Stalk-eyed flies are flies of the family Diopsidae whose eyes, and uniquely the antennae, sit on long head stalks that can exceed body length in males.
Stalker (1979 film)
Stalker (Сталкер) is Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 Soviet philosophical sci-fi film, loosely based on the Strugatsky brothers' Roadside Picnic, about a guide leading a Writer and Professor into the Zone toward a wish-granting Room; plagued by spoiled footage and reshoots, it won Cannes prizes and ranks among the greatest films.
Stalkers recreation park
Stalkers recreation park (Atpūtas parks "Stalkers") is a private leisure and theme park on the Daugava River in Naujene Parish, Augšdaugava Municipality, Latvia, within Daugavas Loki Nature Park, created by former Daugavpils mayor Rihards Eigims.
Stalking
Stalking: a pattern of repeated harassing or threatening conduct, including following, surveillance, unwanted contact, and GPS or spyware tracking, that causes fear or substantial emotional distress; affects about 1 in 5 US women and 1 in 10 men, criminalized in all 50 states.
Stalking Cat
Stalking Cat, born Dennis Avner (1958–2012), was a US Navy veteran and programmer known as Catman, who underwent extensive body modification by Steve Haworth to resemble a tigress, claiming Huron spiritual motivation, and died in Tonopah, Nevada.
Stall (fluid dynamics)
A stall in fluid dynamics is the loss of lift that occurs when airflow separates from a wing, classically when its angle of attack exceeds a critical value.
Stall protection system
A stall protection system is an aircraft installation that warns of an approaching aerodynamic stall with a stick shaker and, if unheeded, prevents it with a nose-down stick pusher.
Stall regulation
Stall regulation limits a wind turbine's power output through aerodynamic stall: as wind speed rises, airflow separates from the blade, reducing lift without blade pitch control.
Stall warning system
A stall warning system is an aircraft installation alerting the crew as angle of attack nears the stall, ranging from simple horns to stick shakers and pushers.
Stallion
Stallion: an intact, mature male horse (gelding = castrated male), kept for breeding. Distinguished by testosterone-driven behavior, 5-7 mares bred weekly, and the dominant ~1,500-year-old Crown Y-chromosome lineage in modern breeds.
Stalls For Renting Surf Boards/lessons
Stalls for renting surfboards and lessons: beachside shacks and stands renting boards and wetsuits and selling beginner lessons, from Waikiki's C&K Beach Service to surf schools in Bali, with typical prices, business models, and permit rules.
STAMARIL
STAMARIL is Sanofi's WHO-prequalified live attenuated yellow fever vaccine (17D-204 strain, ≥1000 IU per 0.5 mL dose), prequalified since 1987, licensed in about 70 countries, and supplied in the US under an expanded access program.
Stamatis Gonidis
Stamatis Gonidis (Σταμάτης Γονίδης, born 1957) is a Greek laiko-pop singer and songwriter from Kythnos, known for gold and platinum albums and more than 350 songs written for other artists.
Stambheshwar Mahadev
Stambheshwar Mahadev, also known as Gayab Mandir, is a Shiva temple at Kavi Kamboi, Gujarat, at the Mahi river's confluence with the sea, submerged at high tide twice daily.
Stambovsky v. Ackley
Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991), the "Ghostbusters ruling," held a Nyack, New York house legally haunted because seller Helen Ackley had publicized its ghosts, entitling buyer Jeffrey Stambovsky to rescind his $650,000 contract despite caveat emptor.
Stamen
Stamen: the male reproductive organ of a flower, made of an anther that produces pollen and a filament stalk; collectively the androecium. Differs from the pistil (female) and from gymnosperm pollen organs, which lack thecae.
Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Stamford Bridge, Fulham, London: Chelsea FC's home since 1905, opened 1877 as an athletics ground, capacity about 40,000-42,000, owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners plc, record crowd 82,905 in 1935.
Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire
Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire: village on the River Derwent about 7 miles east of York, site of the 1066 battle where Harold Godwineson defeated Harald Hardrada and Tostig; also Roman Derventio and a Registered Battlefield.
Stamford Raffles
Sir Stamford Raffles (1781–1826), British East India Company administrator, Lieutenant-Governor of Java 1811–1816 and of Bencoolen 1817–1824, established the British settlement at Singapore by the 6 February 1819 treaty with Sultan Husain Shah and the Temenggong.
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut: a city in Fairfield County on Long Island Sound, settled 1641 and named 1642 after Stamford, Lincolnshire. Connecticut's third largest city, population 135,470 (2020), a Metro-North commuter hub about 35 miles from Manhattan.
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford, Lincolnshire: a market town on the River Welland in South Kesteven, designated England's first conservation area on 28 September 1967, with over 600 listed buildings, five medieval churches, and Georgian architecture from its Great North Road coaching heyday.
Stamp
Stamp (แสตมป์-อภิวัชร์ เอื้อถาวรสุข), born Apiwat Eurthavornsuk in Bangkok in 1982, is a Thai singer-songwriter who wrote hits for Thongchai McIntyre, coached on The Voice Thailand, and runs his own label, 123records.
Stamp Act 1765
Stamp Act 1765: British Parliament act of 22 March 1765, the first direct internal tax on the American colonies, taxing stamped paper for documents and newspapers; nullified by resistance, repealed 18 March 1766 with the Declaratory Act.