How ONE Russian Soldier SAVED The World!
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In a world on the brink of nuclear annihilation, one man's courage becomes humanity's last hope. "That Time ONE Russian Soldier Saved the World" tells the harrowing tale of Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet Naval commander whose decisive actions aboard a Russian submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis averted global catastrophe. Amidst the panic of lost communication with Moscow and under the looming threat of war, Arkhipov stood firm against the unanimous decision of his fellow officers to launch a nuclear torpedo at US forces. His insistence on diplomacy over destruction preserved peace and prevented the mutual assured destruction that seemed inevitable. This gripping story underscores the importance of individual courage in the face of overwhelming pressure and the thin line between peace and global conflict. Join us as we dive deep into the tense moments underwater, where the fate of the world rested in the hands of an unlikely hero.
Interesting fact: Another interesting fact about Vasili Arkhipov, not covered in the script you sent, is his involvement in a severe incident aboard the Soviet submarine K-19 in 1961. This submarine, the first of its kind to be armed with nuclear weapons, faced a critical reactor coolant leak. The malfunction endangered not only the crew but also posed a risk of a nuclear meltdown. Arkhipov and the crew were exposed to high levels of radiation while improvising a secondary cooling system to prevent the meltdown. This exposure had long-term health effects, contributing to Arkhipov's death from kidney cancer in 1998. The K-19 earned the nickname "Hiroshima" due to the severe radiation exposure and its lasting impact on the crew.
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This is a moment in history we need to make on every calendar in the world. This man didn't just avoid a new war. He saved lives that deserve to give him recognition.
possibly even the entire world
No it’s more like 2 people without much political authority tried to start a new war lol
not special, confirmation bias at work.
Saved or saved and deferred? This current conflict seems rather dubious
but since he is soviet nobody cares, which is kinda sad
Fun fact: vasili arkhipov was supposed to be off duty that day, but he decided to work.
If he wasn't there, another commander would take his place and probably also agreed to launch the torpedo.
Damn, this man was a gift from God.
I think you're mixing up 2 different stories of a man saving the world from WW3
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OMG
This dude is a gift from god!
Two Soviet men saved the world on two different occasions from their own comrades paranoia and technical glitches. Neither of these men received the credit they deserved, yet the entire world owes them our deepest thanks. Requiescat in pace Vasili Arkhipov and Stanislav Petrov.
Thanks for sharing their names, I will look them up
He should be the man to recieve the highest decoration from multiple countries in my opinion for saving the world. But all he got was blame returning home.
Rainer Rupp during 'Able Archer,'crisis too
@@bdawgrise6961 thank God those Soviet men we're there on those dates. Could you imagine if they had someone like the guy in Hawaii who sent out the ems warning about the north Korean nuke....
This was one truly legendary moment, imagine living in europe, especially the countries bordering the iron curtain, just to have the biggest sigh of relief of your life.
nobody living in the iron curtain at the time ever sighed in relief.
@@theendofthestart8179 liar
@@theendofthestart8179L
Isn't that "Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov?"
He refused to fire a nuclear torpedo onto an American Carrier and prevented the third world war.
Correct.
Thats literally what the episode was about
Well guess what? The third world war has already started, and we didnt even know.
World war three actually happened before.since the seven year war is World War One,the war with the Austrian Hungarian arckdude being assasinated AND the war with that Austrian painter ruling nasi germany is WORLD WAR THREE!
The war of the assasination thing is World War Two.sorry I forgot to put that in.
It happened more than once, the commander of the Soviet base - Serpuchov 15, Stanislav Jevgrafovič Petrov also prevented a nuclear war and almost nobody knows about him.
Could you provide more Details,what you are saying sounds interesting
@@marcoherrmann1820 There was a false allarm of a few missiles going into soviet territory. He reasoned that if America were really attacking the URSS it would have sent MANY of bombs, not just a few. He thus didn't report the false allarm to his superiors and saved human Civilization
I did my project for Tennessee History Day on this subject, I got so excited about this video because I thought it was about this
@@igorlopes7589 There was the exact same thing for the usa I heard, A training exercise tape got put into the real thing.
@@igorlopes7589 thanks for sharing this with us 👍
It’s sad not many people know about this, actions of one man saved most people.
Yeah this guy is left out of history.
They are committed to creating antagonism...
True 😢 it's sad no one knows about him
I think is because of United States propaganda after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Learning history from school ❌
Learning from Mr spherical ✅
Sorry for making an overused comment for just likes, also yes oversimplified and history matters are some that I watch but there’s a bunch of other TH-camrs that make good history content to learn from
Dont forget oversimplified
@@GutsAndBlackpowderAddict and historically too
Agreed
Shame.
LoL 😂
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov a submarine worker in the USSR submarine in the coast's of Cuba.The US military saw them and showed them some of their bombs.(because of the cold war) and there was 3 generals.2 of them i dont know, and Stanislav Petrov.The 2 of the generals said ''yes'' to bomb US coast Florida but our man Stanislav Petrov said ''no'' and he saved the world in 1983 and stopped preventing WW3 happening.
yeah bro
He save all the world. I must call him the hero...
thanks for 45 likes thats the most i got
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Yes
He should be the man to recieve the highest decoration from multiple countries in my opinion for saving the world. But all he got was blame returning home.
God dang that was close from WW3
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Yeah
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I started Ww3 I this comments more then once
*do not use Lord's name in vain, dude
That one person saved the world from WW3
Lol
Bro that's the countryball who save the world get it right
World War 3 was just delayed until the 21st century
3rd comment
Know him
The last 10 seconds made me cry, How much sense there is in his sad gaze at the sunset
Wdym?
im not sure why he's sad
That person stopped the USSR from using torpedoes on the USA man respect bro!😢
it was not just a torpedo it was a nuclear torpedo, that could have started a new world war, both countries has its allies.
Bro, you do know Moscow has a secret protocol of overriding all three commanding officers, approval or not the decision wasn't theirs to make but the government officials in Moscow.
his name is Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov
@@LordEmperorHyperion too bad, the sub was at maximum dept so communications to moscow was impossible.
You know it wasn't just a torpedo, it was a nuclear torpedo.
I really wanna shake the hand of that Officer and congrat him for stopping ww3
he is very very very dead
I also remember this story of a soviet officer in a base who was the person to launch the ICBM's in retaliation. They suddenly had a signal of a US nuke being launched against them. The guys were mad nervous on what to do and some wanted the officer to shoot back and some weren't sure. He decided to remain at stand by and wait to see if it's a real missile or not. They tried to find out in any way possible but they couldn't figure it out and so when they waited until the missile hit its target they checked to see if they got nuked, but there was no such report and they discovered it was just a fake signal, caused maybe by a comet or something.
I am assuming you’re talking about the 1983 false alarm incident. At the time the Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov monitored the Russian satellite early warning system which detected a lone ICBM launch from the U.S.
Figuring it was a computer error (his thinking being that the U.S. would perform a first strike using hundreds of missiles and not a single missile) he didn’t send an alarm to his superiors. After confirming this since the “missile” never activated the land based radars throughout russia, he continued to ignore the further 4 missiles that were “detected” by the satellite systems.
Later on they discovered the satellites were actually being fooled by sunlight reflecting off of high altitude clouds making the illusion of ICBM launches, this was later corrected by using geostationary satellites alongside the current satellites
VASILI ARKAPOV LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! 🇷🇺
Edit: 201 likes! Wow, that's a lot more than I expected! Thanks!
yeah man
Василий Архипов. Vasily Arkhipov
216 and 2 comments, let me fix that
This was so emotionally tense, that means you really betrayed the ambience and situation. Hats off to you my man
Oh I know about this already, I'm excited about how you would explain this to us!❤
SOOOOOO HAPPY that the cubans got themselves an important episode in this channel! Patria y Vida! 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺
You... didn't get your own episode. The generals at the submarine did. It didn't even happen IN cuba, just near.
@@woahachannelya but its called the cuban missle crisis
So many years have passed and yet we never learn. Now I have to be afraid of the consequences of an old issue.
This was honestly my favorite Mr spherical episode!! Well done Alvaro's team!!!! It was SO AWSOME!!!!!
"No" the most powerful word
Frr:D
No
I remember hearing this from Oversimplified. During the Cold War. I’m glad this is getting the attention that it deserves. Thanks for giving us giving us an education. Probably my favorite video so far.
4:53 Why did they omit the fact that the Soviet Union placed the missiles in Cuba because the U.S. literally did the same thing in Turkey? (at that time, bordering the USSR).
@Almina-nh7nu It is a well-known truth, but American propaganda promoted this concept that only USSR put the missiles in Cuba just for the sake of it, since the other counterpart of the story remained classified for more than 40 years. But it is information that is everywhere, even on Wikipedia. The Missile Crisis is, in fact, the best historical period to explain the current problems of Russia and NATO and their confrontation in Ukraine
how is that relevant to the episode?
@@theendofthestart8179 It's super relevant. Considering that the video is about a historical context, it is necessary to narrate the background in a complete way. Otherwise, it falls into misinformation.
@@3mpatyx_264 the video was about a Russian who stopped a nuclear war from happening, not about the Cuban missile crisis as a whole. This is probably why this guy is a massively successful content creator, and you are an annoying commenter. They know how to stay on topic
@@theendofthestart8179 Even if you consider me annoying, that doesn't deprive me of the right to comment. My opinion is not absolute, that is obvious, however I consider that this is part of an unavoidable connection, especially taking into account that one part of the video is dedicated to explaining the Cuban missile crisis in simple strokes, without addressing the other part that is important to better understand the topic.
But well, If you consider me to be an annoying commenter, why are you wasting your time with me? That makes you an annoying commenter just like me, who just doesn't agree because he doesn't share my opinion. You're the same, don't think you're special.
I didn’t know that this was a true story. Now this is why MrSpherical makes history fun! I wish I was back in my high school days and telling my teacher about your channel and watch your content. Fantastic job MrSpherical! You deserve it!
It is true he is the true great hero of the world Russians have saved is twice
War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace
- Thomas Mann
@@Ritolou isnt war a problem of peace? So that would be the only problem you can never escape-
Push this button and it does the rest
The button:
*theres a eagle nearby*
nice angry birds 2 reference
Also underrated comment
ThErEs An EaGlE nEaRby
ThErEs An EaGlE nEaRby
ThErEs An EaGlE nEaRby
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Let’s also not forget Stanislav Petrov, who correctly deduced the missile warnings from his base were false alarms. Also saving us from World War Three.
This is all very exciting of course. but what interests me is that no one in the video ever mentioned the fact that the supply of nuclear missiles to Cuba was a retaliatory reaction on the part of the USSR. This happened gradually due to the US stationing its missiles in Turkey. Why are the entire Soviet crew, except Arkhipov, portrayed as some kind of stupid idiots? All these people are heroes and no one will ever understand what it’s like to sit at the bottom of the sea and think that now your country is at war, your loved ones may be dying, and you can’t do anything. All crew members are heroes, I think so. And all these people were among the best. Why is the video not talking about a complete blockade of Cuba, because of which even merchant ships could not arrive there? Why are they not talking about American attempts to overthrow the government in Cuba? Perhaps this is the ultimate difficulty of translation. But I didn't hear any of that in this video. Only that the USSR is such a terrible dumbass and only one Arkhipov is great. Although it is far from only him who saved us all
@Battered_Fanny So the point is precisely that from watching this video one gets the impression that the USSR is solely to blame. If you are making a video related to history, then be objective and consider the situation from both sides. Of course, everyone is to blame, but for some reason this particular video does not say a single reason for the actions of the USSR government. It is not said that the transportation of missiles to Cuba was a response to missiles in Turkey
@@I_am_Russias_best_friendthe US has 90℅ of the blame. Almost all USSR aggressive moves were retaliatory actions
@@crisgetcrucified6972 Perhaps, unfortunately, I did not have access to US military secrets, so I cannot know for sure.
@@I_am_Russias_best_friend maybe declassified documents. But still most of the blame for USSR aggression was self defense with regular US evidence. Like Vietnam or Korea
@@crisgetcrucified6972 Perhaps you are right. However, I do not undertake to say this 100%, after all, only God knows the truth
I like how the matryoshkas at 2:05 represent the disagreement between the three officers
8:41 I wonder what he’s thinking
his family
No great motherland! And his family yeah.
But isn't it crazy how one simple "NO!" saved millions of lives
Bilions
@@widodoakrom3938 not billions but a billion at max cuz ay no way it killed that many I'll even say millions
@@thebulgariaeditzBillions. Bombs wouldn’t kill that many but the ensuing war and eventual starvation would.
Other history channels should talk about this character and how he really saved the world.
In Russia, probably every third Russian knows about this person.
Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov is the GOAT for letting me live
Thanks him a lot for saving the whole world 🙏🌎🕊️
Vasili arkhipov died on August 28th 1998 at the age of 72, a true war hero he was.
I am crying😢😢. Respect that person who stop the ww3
Whew ....i got afraid at the start, thx for preventing WW3, Arkhipov! I'll come n shake your hand!🙏❤️
5:50 people in twitter when you have an opinion.
As a canadian. Salutes to that russian officer.
I’ve actually heard of this before, it’s the man that saved everyone from WW3
Dang, the animation alone is already getting me to put this in the Top 10 favorites.
This is the hardest speech i have ever heard. Not only is the story epic but the way you made it real is amazing.
We just saw someone save a world in 10 minutes in our bed.
Wow it’s crazy how close we were to world war 3
crazy is how many times things like this happends during cold war. Its not only this one
One of the most heroic people in modern, if not all, history
Impressive how a single decision can change the world
This man deserves his place in history
Agreed but no one has him in history, not even his own country
What i like about that is him naming each and every commanders so we can remember them
1:20 solar balls earth cameo
same animator after all
Wow, these videos just keep getting more and more amazing! Keep it up!
On of the scariest moments in history, in 8 minutes
“Prime minister Castro, this missile crisis has been the last straw. We almost blew ourselves up! Now we invited you here today in good faith to sort this thing out.” Robert McNamara
I like everything about this video, where it has a relation to the Cold War, as well as the interesting design and machinery of the battleships. This one is slower compared to other Cold War videos in the MrSpherical series.
I’m actually really impressed this video exists. Real Life Lore covered a video in this very same situation quite some time ago. This one man was able to make the right call for the right reasons. It’s insane.
Love this channel
Moments like these prove that soldiers and sailors from all countries are ultimately still just human. The flag you fly doesn't change that
I like that he made Vasili like a kid and the two other guys old
John ball Kennedy😂😂 3:27
That guy is an absolute CHAD for saying no
It is Vasili Archipov , you expected anything less ?
One simple NO saved millions of people from a apocalyptic world
3:35 * cutely flips off President*
A true work of art, Keep it up!
I love this video dude keep it up! ❤
Oh that was a very close call.
Bro really said nuh uh
Guys this guy is ginormous chad all my respects for him for stopping literal nuclear annihilation.
In my opinion, it was a stupid idea on the part of the United States to drop deep-sea bombs on a submarine carrying nuclear weapons.
But question do Americans know that they are carrying nukes?
The americans didnt know they had nukes.
WHAT I LITERALLY JUST SAID
@@noahniskala Does this justify them?
@@noahniskala Does this justify them?
Honestly computers being in charge of nukes scares me, like deadhand switches, because it is only humanity that has brought humans back from almost making an irreversible war
I remember my history teacher mentioning that soldier
That one soldier saved the lives of millions
Among us ahh thumbnail 💀❤️👑
Уважение тем, кто знает и не стирает историю!
this happened in Cuba called The Missile Crisis in Cuba
I love this part of history, the fact how everyone on the sub wanted to end the world besides one person who literally was like, “ idk if this is a good idea”
Honest to God every single country in the world should have a statue of that man in their capital city.
His name should be a household name.
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov
Василий Александрович Архипов
Here’s to you. На здоровье.
I just want too give him a hug and a kiss for being so brave 🥹
Oh this story…
The most useful kid in school:I am the best!!!
This simple commander: :/
Good show
Thank you for saying I was worried before
In Russia every nuclear launch is under the authority of the specific general unlike US where US president has sole authority over all of the nuclear weapons.
@@abhabh6896 nope. The Russians had this protocol beacuse command was 'destroyed'. If US command was destroyed the sailors do the same
OMG this is such a bittersweet ending
moral of the story: don't jump to cunclusions
"Let's take a step back for a second"
**Stalin enters the chat**
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THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS
It is strange that they missed this, although given that each country writes its own history, this is not surprising, but I will still add that the cause of the Cuban (Missile) crisis was the deployment of US missiles in Turkey on the border with the USSR, and that Soviet missiles in Cuba are a countermeasure. In fact, World War 3 could have started because of the USA.
Oh this is very cool history...❤
i like this story a lot. now you just need the one where they thought a gamma ray burst was a nuclear strike.
If it was the Us, it wouldnt work like that. They would only need one command.
World War I began because of the death of one person, and World War II began because of the ambition of one person. One person protected the world from World War II. Truly, this world is strange.
Better than the overrated people like Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, and many others taught in Western schools, Stanislav Petrov should be the most important influencer in the 20th century; he saved the world.
And the fact that none during his time knew what he did and only years and the dissolution of the USSR was his legacy was known. Really props and all respects to Vasilli Arkhapov😁
Fun fact, when they returned in USSR they where blamed and criticized by the soviets
No, they weren't 💀
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