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Stanislav Petrov

Soviet Air Defence Forces officer (1939–2017).

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Stanislav Petrov was a Soviet Air Defence Forces officer. Born on 7 September 1939 in Vladivostok, Petrov died on 19 May 2017 in Fryazino at the age of 77.

Notable works include The Man Who Saved the World. Petrov studied at Kiev Military Aviation Engineering Academy. Honours include German Media Award, Dresden Prize and Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class, among 12 recorded.

With a Wikipedia article in 53 languages, Stanislav Petrov is No. 3,733 in the People and Position Index.

Born: 7 September 1939, Vladivostok
Died: 19 May 2017, Fryazino (aged 77)
Country: Soviet Union
Known as: Military personnel, military officer
Field: Military
Education: Kiev Military Aviation Engineering Academy
Languages: Russian
Wikipedia editions: 53

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Lived to 77.

7 Sep

Shares a birthday with Elizabeth I of England and Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.

One of 8 people in the Index born in Vladivostok, with Igor Tamm.

Has a Wikipedia article in 53 languages.

Computed from the Index and Wikidata.

Honours and works

Awards

German Media Award2012
Dresden Prize2013
Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
Jubilee 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"
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class