
Vasili Arkhipov
ActingJanuary 30, 1926-August 19, 1998
Biography
Vasili Arkhipov was a Soviet Navy officer credited with preventing a nuclear strike and potentially all-out nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
Vasili Arkhipov was a Soviet Navy officer credited with preventing a nuclear strike and potentially all-out nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.