Soviet army colonel Stanislav Petrov who saved the world when he was a missile monitor in a secret bunker in Siberia.

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Stanislav Petrov retired Soviet Army colonel standing in field outside his apartment building in Fryazino Moscow his son Dmitrii is playing with their dog In 1983 when he was a missile monitor he prevented an accidental launch of a Russian ballistic missile

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