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Stanislav Petrov(1939-2017)

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Retired Soviet Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov, who saved the world from WW3, talks about his life as retiree and shares his opinions on the Cold War with actor Kevin Costner in this melancholic mixture of documentary and reenacted footage.
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The Man Who Saved the World (2014)
Stanislav Petrov was born on 7 September 1939 in Vladivostok, USSR. He died on 19 May 2017 in Fryazino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
BornSeptember 7, 1939
DiedMay 19, 2017(77)
BornSeptember 7, 1939
DiedMay 19, 2017(77)
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Known for

The Man Who Saved the World (2014)
The Man Who Saved the World
7.6
  • Self
  • 2014
Winston Churchill in History (2000)
History
7.0
TV Series
  • Self - Oberstleutnant sowj. Raketenstreitkräfte
Strange Rituals
7.4
TV Series
  • Russian Colonel
  • Self
Olegar Fedoro in Soviet War Scare 1983 (2007)
Soviet War Scare 1983
7.9
TV Movie
  • Self
  • 2007

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    • September 7, 1939
    • Vladivostok, USSR
    • May 19, 2017
    • Fryazino, Moscow Oblast, Russia
    • (2 children)
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    He is credited with preventing a nuclear holocaust during the Cold War. He was the duty officer monitoring a Soviet early warning system from a bunker near Moscow In September, 1983, when the radar screen suddenly appeared to show a missile inbound from the United States. He ordered his subordinates not to panic, while the alert siren blared. A message on the main screen reported that four more missiles had been launched. He had 15 minutes to determine whether the threat was real and report to his commanders. He believed that a real U.S. attack would involve several more missiles to limit the chance of Soviet retaliation. He convinced his Kremlin superiors not to shoot back, thinking that the alert must have been caused by a malfunction. He was right.
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    At first when people started telling me that these TV reports had started calling me a hero, I was surprised. I never thought of myself as one. After all, I was literally just doing my job.

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