Maria Kirbasova (Russian: Мария Ивановна Кирбасова; 1941–2011), was a Kalmyk human rights activist who founded the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia.

[1][2] Maria Kirbasova came from a Kalmyk family who were deported to Siberia during the Second World War.

Kirbassva had vehemently opposed his placement and was an organizer in the protests against the conditions for soldiers serving in the Soviet Army.

during the conference in April 1991, held with the deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

A public outcry in part due to her work as a dissident and against the Chechen war, allowed her to get a review of her request and after an appeal, in 2009 she was allowed to remain in Finland.