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According to Lyudmila's daughter, Maria Maksakova Jr., there are two versions as to her father's identity. "One is that it was Aleksander Volkov, the Bolshoi Theater baritone, a descendant from Volkov the Yaroslavl theater founder. Another, that it was Vasily Novikov, Viktor Abakumov's first deputy in SMERSH, a bright, handsome and talented man. Mother prefers the first one, me – the second," she told Komsomolskaya Pravda in 2009. - http://kp.ru/daily/24399/576193/. According to Lyudmila Maksakova, Volkov once came to their house to see the newborn, doubted his "authorship", and Maria, outraged, never wanted to see him again. - ... Когда я родилась, он пришел на меня взглянуть. Мама была оскорблена тем, что, увидев меня, он усомнился в своем "авторстве". Этим он подписал приговор их отношениям...
