Maya Konovalenko the Russian housewife is a character in the video by Anna Freud. She is a very shy girl who does not even tell her husband about her love for him. As time goes on she comes to realize the importance of her position and how much better her life would be as a result. She becomes a very loving and attentive wife and mother. In the end we see that her shyness was rooted in fear of commitment but that too was overcome by her boldness and sense of purpose in life..