What happened Vasili Arkhipov?

He subsequently settled in Kupavna (which was incorporated into Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast, in 2004), where he died on 19 August 1998. The radiation to which Arkhipov had been exposed in 1961 may have contributed to his kidney cancer, like many others who served with him in the K-19 accident.

Who stopped the nuclear bomb?

Stanislav Petrov
Stanislav Petrov was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defense Forces who became known as “the man who saved the world from nuclear war” for his role in a 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident.

Why is Vasili Arkhipov a hero?

Type of Hero Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov (30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a Soviet Navy officer credited with preventing a Soviet nuclear strike (and, presumably, all-out nuclear war) during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Such an attack likely would have caused a major global thermonuclear response.

Who was Vasili Arkhipov?

Vasili Arkhipov prevented a Soviet submarine to launch a nuclear torpedo on a US aircraft carrier during the Cuban missile crisis. A Russian naval officer who refused to grant permission for the launch of nuclear torpedo at the height of the Cuban missile crisis is to be honoured in London almost 20 years after his death.

Who stopped the nuclear war in Russia?

Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war. An emergency signal was sent to President Yeltsin’s “Cheget”, the nuclear suitcase with launch codes. Yeltsin, presumably with vodka close at hand, had less than five minutes to make a decision on a retaliatory strike.

Why did the US drop depth charges on the Soviet submarine?

Vasili Arkhipov was aboard the B-59 Soviet submarine when an American destroyer, the USS Beale began to drop depth charges. His captain Valentin Savitsky was unaware that they were non-lethal “practice” rounds intended as warning shots to force the vessel to surface.

Is the Arkhipov Award fitting for the B-59 bomber?

Dr Jonathan Colman, an expert on the Cuban missile crisis at the University of Central Lancashire, agreed that the award was fitting. “While accounts differ about what went on on board the B-59, it is clear that Arkhipov and the crew operated under conditions of extreme tension and physical hardship.