About consulate - it was Ann who spoke of it. She had to know.

About the other stuff - НКВД - народный комиссариат внутренних дел. It WAS police. And usually, a police stations were even in remote villages. So, a naked man who speaks foreign language appears just on the brink of a war and nobody cares... Hardly believable. Well, if Pasha's been drunk - that's all right, I guess Still, an interrogation scene at the local NKVD office would have been quite interesting.
Go on. I can hardly wait to read about Peter's being a partisan sneaking into occupied Minsk to blow up some warehouse