Vasili Arkhipov
Acting
January 30, 1926 β August 19, 1998
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov (Russian: ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈΠΉ ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ°Π½Π΄ΡΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΡΡ ΠΈΠΏΠΎΠ²; 30 January 1926 β 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.
