Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 30, 1926
Died
Aug 19, 1998
Credits
3 titles
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.
