Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - an haifi Irina Ratushinskaya a Odessa, Ukraine a ranar 4 ga Maris 1954. Mahaifinta, Boris Leonidovich Ratushinsky, injiniya ne; mahaifiyarta, Irina Valentinovna Ratushinskaya, malamin adabin Rasha ce. Irina tana da 'yar'uwa ɗaya. Iyalin mahaifiyarta sun samo asali ne daga Poland: an kori kakanta daga Poland zuwa Siberia, jim kaɗan bayan Yakin Janairu 1863
a kan tilastawa shiga cikin rundunar sojojin Rasha.