Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Igor Vysotsky ki tētahi whānau o ngā kainoho whakaraua. Ko tona papa a Yakov Antonovich Vysotsky, he Hurai Soviet, he kaimekemeke hoki, he hoia a te Soviet Navy, e mahi ana ki te Navy Whero, i whawhai ki nga Tiamana i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i muri i tana whara kino i mau ia hei herehere pakanga. I kii te korero i te wa e tu ana ia i te puni POW, i whakamahia ia hei hoa whakangungu-tangata mo te Toa Taumaha Tiamana a Max Schmeling. He maha nga wa i ngana ai ia ki te mawhiti, i angitu tana ngana ki te mawhiti i te iwa o nga wa, heoi, i nekehia a Yakov Vysotsky ki tetahi puni whakakorenga o te Soviet, a, ki te taha rawhiti o te USSR, ki tetahi puni GULAG i Kolyma, i reira ia i tutaki ai ki a Meeta Joganovna Suve, he
he wahine Estonian i whakaraua, i marenatia e ia, a ka riro ia hei whaea o Igor Vysotsky. Mai i te ono o ona tau, kua whakangungu a Igor i ia ra e Yakov Antonovich, i noho hei kaiako mo tana tama. I haere a Igor Vysotsky ki te whare hākinakina i te 12 o ona tau, he 163 pauna te taumaha. I hinga ia i tana timatanga i te whakataetae taone nui o Magadan i te 1966.