Vasili Arkhipov

Vasili Arkhipov

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known-for

Acting

gender

Male

birthday

1926-01-30

place-of-birth

also-known-as

The Man Who Saved the World

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.