Maria Petrovna Maksakova (born: Sidorova) (April 8 [March 26], 1902, Astrakhan, Russian Empire – August 11, 1974, Moscow, USSR). Soviet opera singer, mezzo-soprano, a leading soloist in the Bolshoi Theater (1923–1953), who enjoyed great success in the 1920s and 1930s, in the times often referred to as the golden age of Soviet opera. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1934). People's Artist of the RSFSR (1951). People's Artist of the USSR (1971), laureate of three Stalin Prizes of the 1st degree (1946, 1949, 1951). Mother of Ludmila Maksakova. Grandmother of Maria Maksakova.