[2][3][4] In 1893, as a watchman on the armored cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, he participated in the official visit of the Russian Atlantic squadron to the United States and to France via the Mediterranean Sea.

For courage and bravery shown in the Battle of Tsushimam he was awarded the Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class with swords on June 18, 1907.

[5] With this position, Nebolsin was entrusted with the responsibility of fine-tuning and testing all the systems of the Imperator Pavel I, as well as training the crew with the new equipment.

As he did while commanding the Imperator Pavel I, Nebolsin trained the crews of the ships, repairing the Gangut and prepared three battleships for testing, successfully conducting these tests which resulted in all the battleships of the 1st brigade being put into immediate service and by the end of December 1914, stayed at the Sveaborg fortress in Helsingfors for the winter.

A participant of World War I, he served in the campaigns of 1915 and 1916, the 2nd brigade of battleships under the command of Nebolsin was part of the squadron of battleships of the Baltic Fleet (1st and 2nd brigades) under the command of Vice Admiral Ludwig von Kerber went to sea for maneuvers and firing, participated in two covert mining operations off the coast of Germany and in operations against German convoys on the approaches to the coast of Sweden.

On March 3, 1917, the day after the Abdication of Nicholas II from power, he was mortally wounded during the Baltic Fleet Mutiny [ru] at Sveaborg.

In 1897, in the city of Nikolaev, Arkady Konstantinovich married the daughter of the provincial secretary, Caroline Wilkins (1869 – January 4, 1948),[7] with whom they had been friends since childhood.