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Biography
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov was a Russian lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 September 1983, 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 correctly judged the reports to be a false alarm.
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Awards & recognition
- Dresden Prize · 2013
- German Media Award · 2012
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
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- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "For Impeccable Service"
- Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class
- Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class
- Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
