Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Igor Vysotsky akaberekerwa kumhuri yevagari venyika vakatapwa. Baba vake Yakov Antonovich Vysotsky, muJudha weSoviet, zvakare mutambi wetsiva, aive muSoviet Naval Infantryman, achishanda neRed Navy, akarwa nemaGerman muHondo Yenyika II, mushure mekukuvara zvakaipisisa akatorwa nhapwa yehondo. Kwakanga kune runyerekupe rwekuti paakanga akaiswa mumusasa wevasungwa, akashandiswa semunhu-anodheerera anodzidzisa mumwe munhu weGerman Heavyweight Champion Max Schmeling. Akaedza kutiza kanoverengeka, kuedza kwake kwechipfumbamwe kwokupukunyuka kwakabudirira, zvisinei, Yakov Vysotsky akaendeswa kumusasa weSoviet filtration, uye ipapo kuFar Eastern chikamu cheUSSR, kumusasa weGULAG paKolyma, kwaakasangana naMeeta Joganovna Suve, akapfigirwa
Mukadzi weEstonia, waakaroora, uye akava amai vaIgor Vysotsky. Kubvira pazera remakore matanhatu, Igor aidzidziswa zuva nezuva naYakov Antonovich, uyo akava mudzidzisi womwanakomana wake. Igor Vysotsky akaenda kunzvimbo yokurovedza muviri pazera ramakore 12, achirema makirogiramu 163. Akarasikirwa pakutanga kwake mumutambo weguta reMagadan muna 1966.