Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokunyorera Mambokadzi Chirikadzi, Dagmar weDenmark, Maximov akabvumirwa kudzokera kuHondo yeUmambo 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. Pana 1 October 1904 (Julian)/14 October (Gregorian) Maximov akaurayiwa mukurwisana neJapan pamapani eManchuria mu
Hondo yeShaho. Parufu rwake, Maximov akakwanisa kuwanazve rukudzo rwaakanga arasikirwa narwo achiri mupenyu, uye mapepanhau eRussia akamurondedzera segamba.