Vasily Arkhipov was not a vice admiral back then, that promotion happened much later in his life.
He was a captain 2nd rank (equivalent to the US rank of commander (= lieutenant colonel in the army)), see the Russian version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov for that exact detail.
Vasily Arkhipov was not a vice admiral back then, that promotion happened much later in his life.
He was a captain 2nd rank (equivalent to the US rank of commander (= lieutenant colonel in the army)), see the Russian version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov for that exact detail.