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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

At the same time as rebranding the service, Andropov set about reversing many of the...

At the same time as rebranding the service, Andropov set about reversing many of the freedoms gained under Khrushchev

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At the same time as rebranding the service,
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Andropov set about reversing many of the freedoms
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gained under Khrushchev.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:18
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Concorde-New Horizons

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Movie Summary

Millions suffered at the hands of the KGB. Mass executions, secret wars and coup d'états. But today, the security network is arguably stronger than ever.
S01 • E01 Then they fall into this machine - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Then they fall into this machine
S01 • E01 You were stripped naked, locked in a cell, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
You were stripped naked, locked in a cell,
S01 • E03 Yet no one can say with certainty - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Yet no one can say with certainty
S01 • E01 They bombard you with ludicrous charges - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
They bombard you with ludicrous charges
S01 • E02 Andropov believed that any element of descent, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Andropov believed that any element of descent,
S01 • E03 Everyone from common criminals to oligarchs - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Everyone from common criminals to oligarchs
S01 • E02 In 1968, Czechoslovakia, an ally of the USSR, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
In 1968, Czechoslovakia, an ally of the USSR,
S01 • E01 And maybe you were planning to assassinate Stalin. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
And maybe you were planning to assassinate Stalin.
S01 • E01 People always believe that the must've been some mistake - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
People always believe that the must've been some...
S01 • E03 Mikhail Trepashkin is still alive, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Mikhail Trepashkin is still alive,
S01 • E02 The Prague Spring gave rise to hopes for more freedom. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
The Prague Spring gave rise to hopes for more freedom.
S01 • E02 Hardliner Andropov used agent provocateur - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Hardliner Andropov used agent provocateur
S01 • E03 He left the organization in 1997 - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
He left the organization in 1997
S01 • E02 Then used this as a pretext for invasion. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Then used this as a pretext for invasion.
S01 • E03 Some of his former colleagues still serving, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Some of his former colleagues still serving,
S01 • E02 Oleg Kalugin received a secure cable in Washington. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Oleg Kalugin received a secure cable in Washington.
S01 • E02 By now he'd risen to chief of KGB station there. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
By now he'd risen to chief of KGB station there.
S01 • E01 KGB Chief Yezhov said, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
KGB Chief Yezhov said,
S01 • E02 The message amounted to a diplomatic bombshell. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
The message amounted to a diplomatic bombshell.
S01 • E03 In 1998, Colonel Alexander Litvinenko dropped by uninvited. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
In 1998, Colonel Alexander Litvinenko dropped by uninvited.