Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te timatanga o te Pakanga a Ruhia-Hapani (1904<unk>1905), i whakawhiwhia a Zarubaev ki te rangatira o te Fourth Siberian Army Corps, i hangaia mai i te Tuarua me te Tuatoru o Siberian Reserve Brigades. I angitu ia ki te whakaeke i nga whakaeke a te rangatira o Hapanihi a Yasukata Oku i te Pakanga o Tashihchiao, engari i whakahaua ia kia hoki whakamuri e General Aleksey Kuropatkin kaua ki te whai i tana angitu. Waihoki, i te Pakanga o Liaoyang, i angitu ia ki te pupuri i tana tuunga ki nga whakaeke a Iapani, engari i whakakahoretia ano e Kuropatkin me te whakahau kia hoki whakamuri. I te Pakanga o Shaho
I te mutunga o te pakanga, ko ana ope i puritia i roto i te rahui, a i whakamahia hei whakapakari i te raina e hipoki ana i te hokinga mai o Kuropatkin. I te Pakanga o Mukden, i mau nga ope a Zarubaev i o raatau tuunga mo nga ra tekau mai i te 12-22 o Hui-tanguru. Mai i te 23 o Hui-tanguru, i whakahau a Zarubaev i te kaha honohono o te Fourth Siberian Army Corps me te First Siberian Army Corps. Heoi, i whakakorehia tenei ope honohono i te 25 o Hui-tanguru, ana i muri i te whakakapinga o Kuropatkin e te Tiamana Nikolai Linevich, i whakawhiwhia a Zarubaev hei rangatira mo te wa poto mo te ope taua o Ruhia.