 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekutanga kweRusso-Japan Hondo ya19041905, vese Leonid nemukoma wake Nikolai vaipinda muzviitiko. Nikolai akashanda paRussian Navy cruiser Gromoboi yakavakirwa neRussian Pacific Fleet kuVladivostok, nepo Leonid, aine chinzvimbo chekaputeni, aive mutungamiriri webhatiri mu4th East Siberian Rifle Artillery Brigade yakavakirwa kuPort Arthur. Muhondo yeJinzhou, Leonid Gobyato, pamwe naGeneral Roman Kondratenko, vakatanga kushandisa pfuti isina kunanga kubva munzvimbo dzakavharwa dzekupfura mumunda vachishandisa protractor. Muna Chikunguru 1904, akakuvara zvakaipisisa muhudyu muhondo, uye akapiwa basa rekuva mutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto epfuti muPort Arthur. Mukati meKukombwa kwePort Arthur, kurwisana kwacho kwakaratidza kudikanwa kwechombo chokurwisa vaJapan mumakomba, makoronga nemipata zvakapatsanuka. Pamwe chete neRussian navy midshipman S. Vlasov, akagadzirisa zviduku zvikepe zvegungwa zvine zvigadziri zvinopfurwa kubva kune mavhiri 47-mm marine mortar. Nokuda kwemabasa mukudzivirira kwePort Arthur kwakapiwa menduru shanu pakati pavo Order of St. George 4th degree uye Golden Sword yekushinga. Pashure pokunge varwi vePort Arthur vakundwa musi waJanuary 2, 1905, Gobyato akaitwa musungwa wehondo. 