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Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov (Russian: Василий Александрович Архипов, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ arˈxʲipəf], 30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a senior Soviet Naval officer who prevented a Russian submarine from launching nuclear torpedoes against ships of the United States Navy at a ...
Sep 26, 2018 · Petrov was not the only Russian official who’s saved the world. On October 27, 1962, Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet navy officer, was in a nuclear submarine near Cuba when US naval forces started ...
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Mar 24, 2016 · Arkhipov, described by his wife as a modest, soft-spoken man, simply talked Savitsky down.
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Oct 19, 2012 · Collection of photos of Brigade Chief of Staff on B-59 Vasili Arkhipov, 'The Man Who Saved the World', from the personal archive of his widow Olga Arkhipova.
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Sep 23, 2022 · In 1962, Vasily Arkhipov made a fateful decision that averted a nuclear war. Now his story will be sung.
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Oct 4, 2011 · It is not just a matter of life and death for individual human beings, but as I have learned, even for all of humanity. The first man’s name is Vasili Arkhipov – or Василий Архипов in his own tongue. He was a lieutenant on a Soviet submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The date was October 27, 1962.
