Ka cika wannan jumla: Bayan ya rubuta wa Sarauniyar Daura, Dagmar ta Denmark, an yarda Maximov ya koma cikin Rundunar Rasha a watan Satumba na shekara ta 1904. Maria Maximova ta bayyana cewa ta tabbata cewa mijinta ya tafi Manchuria da nufin a kashe shi a cikin aiki. Daga Mukden (Shenyang na zamani, China), Maximov ya aika da sakon waya na ƙarshe ga matarsa, yana yi mata fatan alheri da ɗansu. A ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1904 (Julian) / 14 ga Oktoba (Gregorian) Maximov ya mutu a cikin yakin da ake yi da Jafananci a filayen Manchuria a yankin
Yaƙin Shaho. A cikin mutuwarsa, Maximov ya sami damar dawo da darajar da ya rasa a rayuwa, kuma jaridun Rasha sun bayyana shi a matsayin gwarzo.