Born on 29 December 1906 in the village of Tyuntnyary, Perm Governorate, Arkhipov worked as a shepherd while he went through primary school, which he completed in 1921.

He fought in the Winter War with the brigade, and for his courage in the breakthrough of the Mannerheim Line Arkhipov, then a captain, was made a Hero of the Soviet Union and awarded the Order of Lenin on 21 March 1940.

[2][1] In August, Arkhipov, then a colonel, completed the Academic Courses for Technical Improvement at the Armored and Mechanized Forces Academy and was appointed commander of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade of the 6th Guards Tank Corps, which he commanded for the rest of the war as part of the Voronezh Front (the 1st Ukrainian Front from 20 October).

In the spring of 1944, the brigade distinguished itself in the Proskurov–Chernovitsy Offensive, receiving the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd class.

in the summer, Arkhipov led the brigade in the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive, during which it participated in the capture of Yavoruv, Sudovaya Vyshnya, and Przemyśl, crossed the San, Wisłok, and Vistula, and fought in the expansion and holding of the Sandomierz bridgehead as part of the forward detachment of the corps.

For his leadership, Arkhipov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin a second time on 23 September 1944.

From July of that year he served as assistant commander-in-chief of the forces of the district and chief of its Combat Training Directorate.

[2][1] Arkhipov advanced to command the 1st Separate Army at Constanța in April 1958 and in May 1960 became first deputy commander-in-chief of the Siberian Military District.