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Vasili Arkhipov: What to Improve On

Vasili Arkipov was a Soviet Navy officer during the heart of the cold war who is credited with casting a single vote that stopped a Soviet nuclear attack on the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. This has to do with the course for it deals with nuclear disaster and the past and current fragility of humanity. He, and many others who stopped nuclear strikes during the Cold War, possibly saved humanity from extinction. His wikipedia page does not reflect his heroic efforts, and we intend to provide these.

Others in my group plan to:

• add many more details to his "Early Life" section that already exists
• make an internally new section on his personal life will be added with appropriate detail
• add additional historical relevance
• give more on the aftermath of the situation and the faulty missile detection systems

I will also be contributing to the new "Personal Life" section that we will be making. Also, I want to look and see what information I can find about his life before he became involved with the military.

What Needs to be Added

Jackson Cassidy

I’ll be adding additional information to Arkhipov’s “Early Life” and finding new subcategories to go under “Career”. For his early life, I’d like to see if I can find more information about what he was doing during and after World War II. It only says he served aboard a minesweeper in the Soviet-Japanese War in 1945. I’d like to add the subcategories “Childhood” and “Education” as well. There’s also a gap of 14 years between 1947 and 1961 in his article which I’d like to fill. He supposedly served on various boats and submarines during this time, but the article is not specific. Also, something to look into would be public reaction in the USSR to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and see if Arkhipov is mentioned anywhere.

Steven Madden

My contribution will be to add a new section on for Arhkhipov’s “Personal Life” because there is very little of it in the existing article. Aspects of this article will include family (which there is some reference to already but very little), early hobbies, early education, and interests. Additionally, an explanation of his motives to pursue to career that he did will be included. I would also like to have accounts from those who knew him well and worked closely with him in order to have insight on Arkhipov’s personality.

Tom Price

My addition to the article will be the context of the time around Arkhipov’s time, especially during the reign of the soviet union. What sort of people didn’t want him to vote no, who else was in the room, what swayed his decision, and overall the effect it had on history.

Grayson Fleming

I would like to investigate the “aftermath” section more thoroughly, as well as the later life and death section. The reactions of others after finding out about the event should be included. The later life and death is lacking in  many respects, such as family, hobbies, other facts, and connection to radiation which contributed to his death

http://www.unmuseum.org/save_the_world.htm