Andrei Tutyshkin was a notable Russian actor and director best known for his roles in Volga - Volga (1938), Karnavalnaya noch (1956), and Anna Karenina (1967). He was born Andrei Petrovich Tutyshkin, on January 24, 1910, in Kishinyov, Russia (now Chishinau, Moldova). His father, Petr Tutyshkin, was a well known medical doctor in Kishinyov.