Stanislav Petrov ‘the man who saved the world’ dies in Russia aged 77

Former Soviet colonel averted certain cold war nuclear disaster thanks to ‘gut instinct’ in 1983

Stanislav Petrov
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A Soviet officer who was dubbed “the man who saved the world” thanks to his cool head during the cold war, has died aged 77.

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