Vasily Arkhipov
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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.
Vasili Arkhipov
Soviet submarine B-59 in the Caribbean near Cuba
Soviet submarine K-19
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K-19 was the first submarine of the Project 658 class, the first generation of Soviet nuclear submarines equipped with nuclear ballistic missiles, specifically the R-13 SLBM. The boat was hastily buil
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…the Black Sea, Northern, and Baltic Fleets. In July 1961, Arkhipov was appointed deputy commander, serving as executive officer, of the new Hotel-class ballistic missile submarine K-19. While on exercises southeast of Greenland, the submarine developed a major leak in its reactor coolant system, leading to failure of the cooling system…
K-19 disabled in the North Atlantic on 29 February 1972
Sail of K-19 as a memorial