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Vasili Arkhipov
Acting
Born January 30, 1926
Died August 19, 1998
Also known as The Man Who Saved the World · Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov · Vasili Arkhipov
Biography
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov (Russian: Василий Александрович Архипов; 30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a Soviet Navy officer credited with preventing a nuclear strike and potentially all-out nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
