 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweRusso-Japanese Hondo 19041905, Zarubaev akaitwa mutungamiri weChina Siberian Army Corps, iyo yaive yakaumbwa neChipiri neChitatu Siberian Reserve Brigades. Akabudirira kudzosera kurwisa kwakaitwa nemukuru weJapan Yasukata Oku panguva yeHondo yeTashihchiao, asi akarairwa kuti adzokere naGeneral Aleksey Kuropatkin pane kutevera kubudirira kwake. Saizvozvowo, paHondo yeLiaoyang, akabudirira akabata nzvimbo yake pakurwiswazve nemaJapan, asi zvakare akarambwa kusimbiswa naKuropatkin ndokurairwa kuti adzokere. PaHondo yeShaho, mauto ake akachengetedzwa zvakanyanya, uye akashandiswa kusimbisa mutsara unofukidza kudzoka kwaKuropatkin. Munguva yeHondo yeMukden, mauto aZarubaev akabata nzvimbo dzavo kwemazuva gumi kubva 12 kusvika 22 Kukadzi. Kubva musi wa 23 Kukadzi, Zarubaev akarayira simba rakabatanidzwa reVana Fourth Siberian Army Corps neFirst Siberian Army Corps. Zvisinei, simba iri rakabatanidzwa rakamiswa musi wa25 Kukadzi, uye mushure mekunge Kuropatkin atsiviwa naGeneral Nikolai Linevich, Zarubaev akaitwa mutungamiri wenguva pfupi weRussia First Manchurian Army. 