In 1983, mankind stood close to the brink of nuclear war, but this determined man stopped it

Petrov's decision was made when the whole world was tense like a string under the weight of the Cold War.

During the Cold War, both the US and the Soviet Union built a massive nuclear arsenal.

Neither side dared to initiate the war with this terrifying weapon, but they were in a state of willingness to fight back if an event occurred. The situation is tight like a string.

Every square meter of the sea, every cubic meter of sea or every sky is strictly followed, to detect threats (if any).

The heads of the two countries, Yuri V. Andropov and Ronald Reagan, were all lost in paranoia and concern. That worry spread to the entire army.

But luckily for the two countries, for us and for this world, Colonel Soviet-Soviet Stanislav Petrov prevented the Third World War from happening, a nuclear war will never work well.

Mr. Stanislav Petrov.

Mr. Petrov was then a member of the non-Soviet defense force. Everything happened in 1983, when he operated the Oko system - Eye, codename for early missile detection system located in the secret city of Serpukhov-15 of Russia.

The operating center of this system is housed in a huge underground tunnel that Mr. Petrov himself helped design.

On the night of September 26, in his shift Stanislav Petrov, the warning sounded, signaling an intercontinental missile launched from the US base, a few seconds later, the system detected an additional five missiles. half.

Mr. Petrov's mission is to report the situation to his superiors, the message will be forwarded to the highest level members in order to make a plan to fight back.

Only a total of 25 minutes from when the enemy missile launched not until it exploded, Mr. Petrov fell silent. In an interview with the BBC in 2013, he confessed:

" There are no rules for how long we should be allowed to think before we report to our superiors."

"However, we know that for every second of a wasted second, the Soviet Union's military and the authorities must know immediately.

All I need to do is pick up the phone, call up the top characters straight away - but I can't move. It feels like I'm sitting on a hot pan. "

Mr. Petrov decided to tell his superiors that warning of missiles is only a system fault. He told The Washington Post in 1999 like this: "I have a feeling, I don't want to make mistakes. I made the decision, and that's the final decision."

It turned out that the decision was correct, and we could not imagine what the outcome would have been if Mr. Petrov reported "the truth" to his superiors, and the Soviet Union launched a nuclear missile strike to strike. return what they thought was a rocket from the United States.

Mr. Stanislav Petrov saved the world from nuclear disaster.

Later, Mr. Petrov spoke more about the reasons why he believed in his hunch: an American attack should have been a total air raid, which was too little; the missile detection system is too new and has not really gained his trust; warning missiles to pass 30 classes confirmed too fast; Ground radar didn't catch any signal, even a few minutes after the warning appeared.

However, in the 2013 interview, Mr. Petrov said that at the time he was not entirely sure it was a system error.

He felt that civilian training helped him make the right decision, that his colleagues were well-trained soldiers and obeyers, perhaps they reported superior on this missile warning.

Mr. Petrov had to go through many explanations and interrogations of superiors. There was an individual who praised Mr. Petrov and promised a worthy reward: the Commander of the current Soviet Non-Soviet Missile Unit, Yury Votintsev.

However, his superior reprimanded Mr. Petrov that he had made false papers - not describing the event in his war diary.

By 1990, the whole public learned about the heroic action of Stanislav Petrov, thanks to details in the Votintsev's war memoirs.

The news quickly spread, the media everywhere praised Petrov, calling him " The man who once saved the world".

On May 21, 2004, he received a World Citizenship Award from the World Citizenship Organization in San Francisco, with a trophy and a $ 1,000 prize.

In January 2006, he was honored at a meeting of countries in the United Nations, taking place in New York City.

On March 17, 2013, he was awarded the Dresden Prize in Germany, an award of € 25,000. February 24, 2012, he was awarded the German Media Award 2011.

Mr. Petrov received the Dresden Prize.

Mr. Stanisslav Petrov died May 19, 2017, at the age of 77 years. Before his death, he still believed that he was only doing his job, not too big, his wife lived with him for 10 years and did not even know what he had done!