Bolshoe Spasibo, Colonel Petrov October 18, 2017 admin People & Places The “Man Who Saved the World” from Nuclear Annihilation Has Died Stanislav Petrov, Who Averted Nuclear War, Dies at 77 Stanislav Petrov, Soviet Officer Who Helped Avert Nuclear War, Is Dead at 77 Stanislav Petrov, the ‘Man Who Saved the World’ Dies at 77 Soviet Officer Who Averted Cold War Nuclear Disaster Dies Aged 77