- Born
- January 30, 1926
- Died
- August 19, 1998 (aged 72)
- Known as
- naval officer, military personnel, submariner
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov, also transliterated as Vasili Arkhipov, was a vice admiral in the Soviet Navy. He is best remembered for preventing nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
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