Evgeni Aleksandrovich Evstigneev (Yevgeni Yevstigneyev) was born on October 9, 1926, in Gorky, Russia, USSR (now Nizhni Novgorod, Russia). His father, named Aleksandr Mikhailovich, was a metal worker. His mother, named Maria Ivanovna (nee Chernysheva), was an industrial metal-miller. Young Evstigneev also worked as an industrial metal-worker in the city of Gorky.In 1946 he made an effort to enter the Gorky Theatrical School. There he was criticized by one of the examiners and was rejected wi ...[Read Story]