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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

Continue the investigation." (soft music) In reality, life for most Soviet citizens was no...

Continue the investigation." (soft music) In reality, life for most Soviet citizens was no laughing matter

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Continue the investigation."
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(soft music)
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In reality, life for most Soviet citizens
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was no laughing matter.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
289
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:01
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 • E02 (orchestral music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
(orchestral music)
S01 • E03 The announcement didn't reveal - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
The announcement didn't reveal
S01 • E02 Workers were shown striving together for common good. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Workers were shown striving together for common good.
S01 • E02 (swift orchestral music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
(swift orchestral music)
S01 • E01 This recently opened KGB archive in Kiev - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
This recently opened KGB archive in Kiev
S01 • E03 He managed to record a brief message to the Soviet people - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
He managed to record a brief message to the Soviet people
S01 • E02 In the 1920s and '30s, this view of a utopian society - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
In the 1920s and '30s, this view of a utopian society
S01 • E01 It records the fate of hundreds of thousands - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
It records the fate of hundreds of thousands
S01 • E03 KGB hardliners believed that Gorbachev - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
KGB hardliners believed that Gorbachev
S01 • E02 Some were even willing to collaborate with the Soviets - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Some were even willing to collaborate with the Soviets
S01 • E01 Those who suffered at the hands of the KGB, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
Those who suffered at the hands of the KGB,
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E03 With Perestroika, which was introduced - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
With Perestroika, which was introduced
S01 • E01 (soft music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
(soft music)
S01 • E02 They used a variety of inducements, not just money. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
They used a variety of inducements, not just money.
S01 • E02 You could also convince communists - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
You could also convince communists
S01 • E03 Indeed, that's one of the reasons why the head of the KGB - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Indeed, that's one of the reasons why the head of the...
S01 • E01 Prisoners called this playing the piano. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Prisoners called this playing the piano.
S01 • E02 (pleasant orchestral music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
(pleasant orchestral music)
S01 • E01 (man speaks Russian) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
(man speaks Russian)