Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Irina Ratushinskaya akaberekerwa muOdessa, Ukraine musi wa4 March 1954. Baba vake, Boris Leonidovich Ratushinsky, vaiva injiniya; amai vake, Irina Valentinovna Ratushinskaya, vaiva mudzidzisi wemabhuku echiRussia. Irina aiva nehanzvadzi imwe chete. Mhuri yaamai vake yakabva kuPoland: sekuru-sekuru-sekuru vake vakabviswa kuPoland vachiendeswa kuSiberia, nguva pfupi mushure mekunge
Ndira 1863 Kumukira kunopesana nokumanikidzwa kupinda muchiuto muRussian Imperial Army.