Career
He became the first coach of the Soviet Union national football team Merited Master of Sports of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1942), Merited Coach of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1957). Among teams of masters that he coached are included Metallurg Moscow (1937–1939), Dinamo Moscow (1940–1944), CDSA Moscow (1944–1952), Lokomotiv Moscow (1953–1957 and 1963–1965), CSK Missouri Moscow (1958–1959), Neftyanık Baku (1961–1962), Paxtakor Tashkent (1967), Neftyanik Fergana (1968) and Football Club Shinnik Yaroslavl (1969).
He also was a coach of the Soviet Union Olympic football team in 1952.
In 1952 he had his title Merited Master of Sports of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics stripped, but it was reinstated back in 1955. Boris had a twin brother Vitaliy Arkadiev (1899-1987) who was Merited Coach of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in fencing.