Vasili Arkhipov and wife Olga Arkhipova
Collection of photos of Vasili Arkhipov, 'The Man Who Saved the World' from the personal archive of his widow Olga Arkhipova. Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov was a Soviet naval officer, who, during the Cuban Missile Crisis prevented the launch of a nuclear torpedo and therefore a possible nuclear war.
Photo credit: M. Yarovskaya, A. Labunskaya
Task Group Alpha
Photograph of Task Group Alpha
Taken by U.S. Navy Photographers
Olga ARKHIPOVA
Olga ARKHIPOVA, widow of Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet naval office, who during the Cuban Missile Crisis prevented the launch of a nuclear torpedo and therefore a possible nuclear war.
Photo credit: M. Yarovskaya, A. Labunskaya
Mikhailov, Commander of Steering on board B-59
Courtesy of Bedlam Productions
Ketov, Captain of B-4
Courtesy of Bedlam Productions
Collection of photos of Vasili Arkhipov
Collection of photos of Vasili Arkhipov, ‘The Man Who Saved the World' from the personal archive of his widow Olga Arkhipova, taken by production. Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov was a Soviet naval officer, who, during the Cuban Missile Crisis prevented the launch of a nuclear torpedo and therefore a possible nuclear war.
Gary Slaughter, Andy Bradick
Photos of Gary Slaughter and Andy Bradick, USS Cony officers involved in forcing B-59 to surface during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Kian McKellar
Gary Slaughter, Andy Bradick
Photos of Gary Slaughter and Andy Bradick, USS Cony officers involved in forcing B-59 to surface during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Kian McKellar
Vasili Arkhipov and wife Olga Arkhipova
B-59 surfaced helicopter flying above - National Security Archive
Photograph of Soviet submarine B-59
U.S. Navy Photographers
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