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Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станисла́в Евгра́фович Петро́в; 7 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident.[1] On 26 September 1983, three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, followed by up to four more. Petrov judged the reports to be a false alarm.[2] His subsequent decision to disobey orders, against Soviet military protocol,[3] is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that would have likely resulted in a large-scale nuclear war. An investigation later confirmed that the Soviet satellite warning system had indeed malfunctioned. Because his decision may have averted a retaliatory

Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia Jump to content Checked From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is the latest accepted revision , reviewed on 3 May 2026 . Soviet Air Defence Forces officer (1939–2017) For the footballer, see Stanislav Petrov (footballer) . In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs , the patronymic is Yevgrafovich and the family name is Petrov . Stanislav Petrov Станислав Петров Petrov in 2016 Born ( 1939-09-07 ) 7 September 1939 Vladivostok , Primorsky Krai , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Died 19 May 2017 (2017-05-19) (aged 77) Fryazino , Moscow Oblast , Russia Known

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