Anniversary of the editor-in-chief of the journal “Vestnik RKhB Dvizheniya Zashchita”, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Lenin Prize Laureate 1991, retired Colonel General Stanislav Veniaminovich Petrov, 1989–1991. Head of the Chemical Forces of the USSR, 1992–2001 Head of the RHB Defense Troops

Abstract

A brief history of the life and exploit of the editor-in-chief of the journal “Bulletin of the Russian Army of the Chemical Forces of Defense”, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Lenin Prize Laureate 1991, retired Colonel-General Stanislav Veniaminovich Petrov. In 1989-1991 Head of the USSR Chemical Forces, 1992–2001 The chief of the troops of the Russian Chemical Defense Tank. His merits to the USSR and Russia are described.