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Stanislav Petrov
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- 141 years on, the Soviet officer who averted nuclear war is remembered▼41 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war
September 26, 1983 marks the day Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov judged a reported US missile launch to be a false alarm, refusing to pass on an alert that could have triggered nuclear retaliation. Commentators are marking the anniversary of his decision, widely credited with preventing a catastrophic war during the tensest years of the Cold War.