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Vasily Arkhipov, a Rare card
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov, also transliterated as Vasili Arkhipov, was a vice admiral in the Soviet Navy.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 310,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Vasily Arkhipov quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Vasily Arkhipov card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best ______ for preventing nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Answer
remembered. He is best remembered for preventing nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. From the Vasily Arkhipov article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ananda Mahidol. Ananda Mahidol 72 · 2002 West Lancashire District Council election 69 · Vasily Arkhipov 66 · Sporades Star 63 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Vasily Arkhipov. Vasily Arkhipov 310,000 · Sporades Star 810 · Harbourne Stephen 630 · 2002 West Lancashire District Council election 240 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is best remembered for preventing nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
- At the time of the crisis, Arkhipov was serving as chief of staff of a Soviet submarine flotilla and was aboard the submarine B-59 as executive officer.
- When U.S. destroyers dropped practice depth charges near the submarine, its captain and the political officer believed war had begun and prepared to launch a nuclear torpedo against United States Navy ships.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Vasily Arkhipov article was read about 310,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Vasily Arkhipov
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Vasily Arkhipov (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Image courtesy by Olga Arkhipova, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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