Try Brilliant free for 30 days and get 20% off an annual premium subscription at (ad) This man is responsible for making one of the most important calls in history - the man who saved the world. Check out the Russian documentary: Thumbnail inspired by @penguinhistorymedia Sources: Corrections: 2:40 Contrary to our map, the Caucasus states were also part of the USSR and Macedonia was part of Yugoslavia back then. 05:11 Gennadiy Osipovich was only a "major", not a "major general“. Music list: Epidemic Sounds: Uranium - Lennon Hutton Into the Fire - Alec Slayne Oh Motherland - Sight of Wonders Automatic City - Hampus Naeselius Monarch of Fate - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen In Continuum - Dream Cave Hawk Eye - Charles Holme Zero Hour - Hampus Naeselius The Stakeout - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Ghosting - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Let Them Try - Hampus Naeselius Tarnishing Memories - Charles Holme Devils On The Doorstep 1 - Fredrik Ekström Those Moments - Hampus Naeselius Artlist: Lurking Danger - Kyle Preston Don’t Look Back - DaniHaDani Chasing Hotizons - Solis _____ Armchair documentaries, almost weekly