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Stanislav Petrov

Stanislav Petrov

Born: September 7, 1939
Died: May 19, 2017
in Vladivostok, Russia
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станисла́в Евгра́фович Петро́в; born c. 1939) is a retired lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces. On September 26, 1983, he was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile was being launched from the United States. Petrov judged the report to be a false alarm, and his decision is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that could have resulted in large-scale nuclear war. Investigation later confirmed that the satellite warning system had malfunctioned.

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The Man Who Saved the World
Title: The Man Who Saved the World
Character: Self
Released: August 13, 2014
Type: Movie
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The Man Who Saved the World is a feature documentary film about Stanislav Petrov, a former lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces.
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The Red Button
Title: The Red Button
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
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Tells the dramatic story of Stanislav Petrov, the Russian officer who, in 1983, saved the world from atomic war.
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