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The man who saved the worldby ~Rabadenzo

Traditional Art / Street Art / Stencils

This man is Vasili Arkhipov.
During the Cuba Crisis, when western civilisation was, without realisation, on the verge of total annahilation, this man was one of the three officers on board of a Soviet Submarine that carried a nuclear warhead.

Their submarine was surrounded by twelve American warships, which were trying to force the submarine to surface. Little did they know about the dangerous weapon this submarine carried.

The three officers, being attacked with depth charges, were assigned to launch their weapon as soon as the war started. In order to launch, they had to agree unanimously on it.
This barely known hero prevented this, and chose to surface instead.

If he did agree, they would have started a nuclear war.
I propose that we make his birthday, Januari 30th, an international holiday.

PS, my scanner won't scan this, so I made a picture instead

~Euroseth Jan 29, 2013

I regretfully have never heard of him, but am glad to share a birthday with him. History never recognizes anything outside of broad, senseless warfare and how it was or wasn't justified according to the victor, and nothing beyond that. I really do like the stencil, though.

~Rabadenzo Jan 30, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Well, now you have heard of him.
The thought that we nearly were in a nuclear worldwar if it were not for one guy kind of frightens me, and goes to show that any warfare should be held only as a last option. This piece of history actually was released the director of the National Security Archive, which is quite interesting.
History does discuss various other things outside of senseless warfare, depending on the sources which you use. Never trust the source of the victor though, and with internet, you can usually find diverse other sources too.

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~SovietSweetieBelle Oct 17, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Спасибо, тов. Архипов.

~Rabadenzo Oct 18, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I don't speak any russian, but I think you mentioned Arkipov.

~SovietSweetieBelle Oct 18, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Yes, it means "Thank you, comrade Arkhipov".

~Rabadenzo Oct 19, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Yes, we ought to thank him. Will you be celebrating his birthday? I will invite my drinking-buddies over to play battleship with vodka-shots instead of ships in his honour.
I'm not sure what he'd think of it, but it's an effective way of spreading the word.

~SovietSweetieBelle Oct 19, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Not much of a drinker, however, I do believe I shall write a short story with him as the protagonist.

~Rabadenzo Oct 20, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Sweet, I'm glad we can spread the word a bit. Let me know when it's done, okay? (If it's in english, that is)

~SovietSweetieBelle Oct 20, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Oh, yes, it will be in English lol. It could be as far in the future as months because I'm currently writing a story about a French WWI soldier and it's tough to do this with school and stuff.

~The-Necromancer Oct 16, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Most interesting indeed! I know a good many things about the USSR, but I did not know about Mr. Arkhipov.

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