Maria Nikolaevna Yarkina was born on 14 February 1915 in the village of Nizhnyaya Mazovka in Tambovsky Uyezd, one of several children in a peasant family.
[2] Mordasova began to compile Chastushkas, fast-paced traditional Russian songs.
[4] Following World War II, Mordasova began to tour the Soviet Union.
[2] In 1972, Mordasova joined the Voronezh Regional Philharmonic, leading the choral ensemble.
[2] "Maria Mordasova Apartment-Museum", a museum in her name was established in Voronezh in 2005 in the apartment she had lived in.