Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
January 30, 1926
Died
August 19, 1998 (age 72)
Also Known As
The Man Who Saved the World
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov
Vasili 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.
