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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(dark music) Despite orders from the top to show more leniency towards political dissent,...

(dark music) Despite orders from the top to show more leniency towards political dissent, the security forces soon found other, more discreet ways to punish prisoners

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Despite orders from the top
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to show more leniency towards political dissent,
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the security forces soon found other,
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more discreet ways to punish prisoners.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:43
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 • E03 An outspoken Russian MP, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:14
An outspoken Russian MP,
S01 • E01 It could be putting prisoners on a boat - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
It could be putting prisoners on a boat
S01 • E01 It could be putting them in prison camps - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
It could be putting them in prison camps
S01 • E01 Dzerzhinsky, the man who might've become a priest, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Dzerzhinsky, the man who might've become a priest,
S01 • E01 Religion was denounced as a competing ideology, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
Religion was denounced as a competing ideology,
S01 • E03 She would answer, yes, but I've taken this path - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
She would answer, yes, but I've taken this path
S01 • E02 These were the so-called soft cells, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
These were the so-called soft cells,
S01 • E02 A man would be walked into a cell like this, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
A man would be walked into a cell like this,
S01 • E03 Galina Starovoytova was one of the first Russian MPS - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Galina Starovoytova was one of the first Russian MPS
S01 • E01 So while hundreds of churches - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
So while hundreds of churches
S01 • E02 The victim had no visible signs of physical abuse, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
The victim had no visible signs of physical abuse,
S01 • E03 She wasn't seeking to make money for herself - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
She wasn't seeking to make money for herself
S01 • E01 (explosion) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:19
(explosion)
S01 • E03 [Female Interpreter] They were professional hit-men. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
[Female Interpreter] They were professional hit-men.
S01 • E02 Both these men serve time here - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Both these men serve time here
S01 • E03 The ringleader who ran the gang of killers, is now in jail. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
The ringleader who ran the gang of killers, is now in jail.
S01 • E02 Yvonne Mancho was here under Stalin and then Khrushchev. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Yvonne Mancho was here under Stalin and then Khrushchev.
S01 • E03 The people who order serious political assassinations - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
The people who order serious political assassinations
S01 • E02 (somber music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
(somber music)
S01 • E01 In January, 1918, Lenin himself - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
In January, 1918, Lenin himself