Maya Buzinova (23 July 1929 – 30 January 2022) was a Russian animator. She was born on 23 July 1929 in Orel, but soon the family moved to Mtsensk. Having lost her father at the very beginning of World War II (died under a locomotive), the family until August 1943 had to live in the territory occupied by the Germans. Maya went to school in the village of Pakhomovo, near Orel. Buzinova died on 30 January 2022, at the age of 92.