Pashure pokunyorera Mambokadzi Chirikadzi, Dagmar weDenmark, Maximov akabvumirwa kubatanazve neHondo yoUmambo yeRussia muna September 1904. Maria Maximova akataura kuti akanga ane chokwadi chokuti murume wake akanga aenda kuManchuria nechinangwa chokuurawa muhondo. Ari muMukden (zvino yava Shenyang, China), Maximov akatumira teregiramu yake yokupedzisira kumudzimai wake, achimuda iye nomwanakomana wavo zvakanaka. Musi wa1 Gumiguru 1904 (Julian) /14 Gumiguru (Gregorian) Maximov akaurayiwa achirwisa maJapan pamapani eManzhuria muHondo yeShaho
. Parufu rwake, Maximov akakwanisa kuwanazve rukudzo rwaakanga arasikirwa narwo achiri mupenyu, uye mapepanhau eRussia akamurondedzera segamba.