About:
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.

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  The Man Who Saved the World
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  Self (archive footage)
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  The Untold History Of The United States
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  Self (archive footage)
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  Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
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  Self (archive footage) (1 episode)