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Biography of Stanislaw Petrow
7. Sep 1939 – 19. May 2017(77 years)Died in:Fryazino, Moscow Oblast
Officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, noted for not executing a nuclear strike during a nuclear false alarm incident
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Nationality
Soviet Union
Occupation(2)
Awards(10)
Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd classGerman Media AwardDresden PrizeJubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"Medal "For Impeccable Service"Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"Medal "Veteran 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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Stanislav Petrov (* 7. September 1939 in Vladivostok; † 19. May 2017 in Fryazino) was an officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, noted for not executing a nuclear strike during a nuclear false alarm incident. He was 77 years old. He studied at Kiev Military Aviation Engineering Academy. He received 10 awards, including Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class, German Media Award. His cause of death was pneumonia.
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4 Events1939
Born in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai
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German Media Award
2013
Dresden Prize
2017