When he finally admitted to being an escaped POW, he was to be returned by train to Kungur, but escaped at Yekaterinburg, then caught another train which reached Omsk in Siberia on 8 November after a 3,200-kilometre (2,000 mi) journey.
Da han endelig indrømmede at være en undsluppen krigsfange, skulle han via tog returneres til Kungur, men undslap ved Jekaterinburg og tog derefter et andet tog, der nåede Omsk i Sibirien 8. november efter en rejse på 3200 km.