Andrei Tarkovsky was born in the village of Zavrazhye in the Yuryevetsky District of the Ivanovo Industrial Oblast (modern-day Kadyysky District of the Kostroma Oblast, Russia) to the poet and translator Arseny Aleksandrovich Tarkovsky, a native of Yelysavethrad (now Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine), and Maria Ivanova Vishnyakova, a graduate of the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute who later worked as a proofreader; she was born in Moscow in the Dubasov family estate.
ˈændɹeɪ tɑːɹkˈɑːvski wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪnðə vˈɪlɪdʒ ʌv zˈævɹɐʒˌaɪ ɪnðə jˌuːɹɪɪvˈɛtski dˈɪstɹɪkt ʌvðɪ ˌaɪvɐnˈoʊvoʊ ɪndˈʌstɹɪəl əblˈæst mˈɑːdɚndˈeɪ kˌædɪˈɪski dˈɪstɹɪkt ʌvðə kəstɹˈoʊmə əblˈæst, ɹˈʌʃə tə ðə pˈoʊɪt ænd tɹænslˈeɪɾɚɹ ˈɑːɹsɛni ɐlˌɛksɐndɹˈoʊvɪtʃ tɑːɹkˈɑːvski, ɐ nˈeɪɾɪv ʌv jˌɛlɪsɐvˈiːθɹæd nˈaʊ kɹˈɑːpɪvnˌɪtskɪi, juːkɹˈeɪn, ænd mɚɹˈiːə ˌaɪvɐnˈoʊvə vˌɪʃnɪɐkˈoʊvə, ɐ ɡɹˈædʒuːət ʌvðə mˈæksɪm ɡˈoːɹki lˈɪɾɚɹᵻtʃɚɹ ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt hˌuː lˈeɪɾɚ wˈɜːkt æz ɐ pɹˈuːfɹiːdɚ; ʃiː wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn mˈɑːskoʊ ɪnðə dˈuːbɐsˌɑːv fˈæmɪli ᵻstˈeɪt.