Kammala wannan jumlar: Igor Vysotsky an haife shi ne ga dangin 'yan gudun hijira. Mahaifinsa Yakov Antonovich Vysotsky, Bayahude na Soviet, shi ma ɗan dambe ne mai son, ya kasance Sojan Ruwa na Sojan Ruwa, yana aiki tare da Red Navy, ya yi yaƙi da Jamusawa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, bayan da aka ji masa rauni sosai an ɗauke shi fursunonin yaƙi. An yi jita-jita cewa yayin da yake zaune a sansanin POW, an yi amfani da shi a matsayin abokin hulɗa na mutum-mutum don Jamusanci mai nauyi Max Schmeling. Ya yi ƙoƙarin tserewa sau da yawa, ƙoƙarinsa na tara ya yi nasara, duk da haka, an tura Yakov Vysotsky zuwa sansanin Soviet, sannan kuma zuwa gabashin gabashin USSR, zuwa sansanin GULAG a Kolyma, inda ya sadu da Meeta Joganovna Suve, wani
wata mata 'yar Estonia da aka kora, wadda ya aura, kuma ta zama mahaifiyar Igor Vysotsky. Daga shekara shida, Igor ya horar da Yakov Antonovich a kowace rana, wanda ya zama jagora ga dansa. Igor Vysotsky ya tafi dakin motsa jiki yana da shekaru 12, yana auna fam 163. Ya rasa a farkonsa a gasar zakarun birnin Magadan ta 1966.