Vasily Arkhipov
Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war (1926–1998)
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Soviet Navy vice admiral who blocked a nuclear torpedo launch during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. The vote that possibly stopped World War III came down to him.
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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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