Kammala wannan jumlar: An haifi Yuri Sakharov a ranar 18 ga Satumba, 1922 a Yuzovka (yanzu Donetsk). Mahaifinsa jami'i ne a masana'antar hakar ma'adinai ta Donbass. A cikin 1937 yayin Babban Tsarkakewa an kama shi kuma aka kashe shi. Yuri Sakharov ya zama "ɗan magabcin mutane". A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, 'yan Nazi suka tura shi aiki a wani ma'adinan kwal na Belgium. Lokacin da
Sojojin Allied sun shiga Belgium, Yuri Sakharov ya shiga sojojin Amurka kuma ya yi yaƙi da Nazis. Ya sami lambar yabo ta Purple Heart. Lokacin da ƙungiyarsa ta isa Elbe a 1945, an sake shi.