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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

But his modernization would need vast manpower

But his modernization would need vast manpower

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But his modernization would need vast manpower.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:17:47
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E03 Just one month after he took office, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Just one month after he took office,
S01 • E02 When these simple requests were rejected, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
When these simple requests were rejected,
S01 • E01 When Stalin began his forced modernization, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
When Stalin began his forced modernization,
S01 • E02 After 40 days, Moscow finally sent in tanks and soldiers. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
After 40 days, Moscow finally sent in tanks and soldiers.
S01 • E01 The role of the KGB in modernization is colossal. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
The role of the KGB in modernization is colossal.
S01 • E01 Hundreds of thousands of agitators, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Hundreds of thousands of agitators,
S01 • E02 We heard noise, shouting and machine gun fire - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
We heard noise, shouting and machine gun fire
S01 • E03 But former KGB investigator Mikhail Trepashkin - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
But former KGB investigator Mikhail Trepashkin
S01 • E01 The Gulag started out as a set of prison camps - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
The Gulag started out as a set of prison camps
S01 • E02 We woke up and didn't know what was happening. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
We woke up and didn't know what was happening.
S01 • E03 These apartment bombings may have happened - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
These apartment bombings may have happened
S01 • E01 Very quickly, though, it turned into something else. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Very quickly, though, it turned into something else.
S01 • E02 They pushed their guns through the windows - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
They pushed their guns through the windows
S01 • E01 The Bolsheviks saw that they had all these extra people, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
The Bolsheviks saw that they had all these extra people,
S01 • E03 The Chechens are becoming too audacious, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
The Chechens are becoming too audacious,
S01 • E01 Why not put them to work for the state - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Why not put them to work for the state
S01 • E02 (eerie music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
(eerie music)
S01 • E03 Of course, anyone who would fight terrorism - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Of course, anyone who would fight terrorism
S01 • E01 The Gulag system Dzerzhinsky pioneered - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
The Gulag system Dzerzhinsky pioneered
S01 • E03 And I think it was a factor - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
And I think it was a factor