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.
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.