Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Yuri Sakharov akaberekwa musi waSeptember 18, 1922 muYuzovka (yava kunzi 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 eAllied akapinda muBelgium, Yuri Sakharov akabatana neU.S. Army ndokurwa nevaNazi. Akawana menduru yePurple Heart. Apo chikwata chake chakasvika kuElbe muna 1945, akadzorerwa kumusha.