Gave birth to her only child at age 21, a son Sergei Shestakov on March 27, 1957. Child's father is her first husband, Vsevolod Shestakov.
Graduate of the Faculty of Journalism, Moscow
In August 2011, two weeks before her death, Iya married her longtime boyfriend, Anatoly Vasilyev, with whom she had a relationship for more than 30 years.
