Former traitor-policemen, even if they managed to avoid punishment in the USSR, rarely felt completely safe. Usually, they changed their place of residence, traveling across the country and hiding from justice. For instance, the head of the secret military police in the Bogodukhov district of the Kharkov region, Sklyar, was discovered years later in Altai. He had changed his surname and grown a massive beard. One famous artist even painted his portrait, captivated by his striking, authentic Siberian appearance. No one would have guessed, looking at this venerable old man, that during the war, he hanged people and carved stars onto the chests of partisans. Another Ukrainian policeman, Bubelo, was found after the war in Volyn. He denied everything for a long time, even though witnesses identified him. However, he gave himself away in the following manner: during the exhumation of a mass grave of Jews executed under his command, a skull with a long braid and ribbon was unearthed. Seeing this, the policeman fell to his knees and cried out, “My Zosia, my Zosia!” It turned out that he had been in love with a Jewish girl who was also executed. Another former executioner, Mikhail Ivanov, from the Staraya Russa district, was encircled and captured. He agreed to cooperate with the occupiers. He returned to his village and became a rural constable, later joining a punitive battalion. On his conscience lie dozens of partisans and civilians shot. After the war, he hid for a long time, moving from city to city, living in the Minsk region, Leninabad, Chelyabinsk, and Arkhangelsk regions. Everywhere he presented himself as a participant in the Great Patriotic War.