Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yuri Sakharov akaberekwa musi waSeptember 18, 1922 muYuzovka (zvino Donetsk). Baba vake vaiva mukuru mukuru muindasitiri yemigodhi yeDonbass. Muna 1937 mukati meKuchenesa Kukuru akasungwa ndokuurawa. Yuri Sakharov akava "mwanakomana womuvengi wavanhu". Mukati meHondo Yenyika Huru vaNazi vakamutumira kunoshanda mumugodhi wemarasha weBelgium. Apo Mauto Akabatana
Akapinda muBelgium, Yuri Sakharov akabatana neuto reU.S. uye akarwa nevaNazi. Akawana menduru yePurple Heart. Apo chikwata chake chakasvika kuElbe muna 1945, akadzorerwa kumusha.