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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(dramatic music) When the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan after 10 years of bitter war,...

(dramatic music) When the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan after 10 years of bitter war, 15,000 of their soldiers lay dead and their economy was in tatters

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When the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan
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after 10 years of bitter war, 15,000 of their soldiers
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lay dead and their economy was in tatters.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
80
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:18
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 • E03 Putin would never accept the NATO alliance - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Putin would never accept the NATO alliance
S01 • E01 (Matthias speaks foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
(Matthias speaks foreign language)
S01 • E01 The information he passed to the Soviets - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
The information he passed to the Soviets
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E03 It had a Black Sea coastline, and until 1991, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
It had a Black Sea coastline, and until 1991,
S01 • E02 He introduced reform, known as perestroika. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
He introduced reform, known as perestroika.
S01 • E03 Of course the breakdown of the Soviet empire - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
Of course the breakdown of the Soviet empire
S01 • E01 It was June 22nd, 1941 when Hitler turned east. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
It was June 22nd, 1941 when Hitler turned east.
S01 • E02 I think the security officials were the people - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
I think the security officials were the people
S01 • E02 They actually, it's thought, to have been the KGB, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
They actually, it's thought, to have been the KGB,
S01 • E03 But for Crimean Tatars it was a cause for celebration. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
But for Crimean Tatars it was a cause for celebration.
S01 • E01 Soon after, the first strikes - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Soon after, the first strikes
S01 • E03 The Tatars had enjoyed nation status - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
The Tatars had enjoyed nation status
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) (crowd clapping) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
(speaking in foreign language) (crowd clapping)
S01 • E01 Lviv prison held over 1600 political prisoners. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Lviv prison held over 1600 political prisoners.
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:19
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E03 These were Russian security service units - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
These were Russian security service units
S01 • E01 The prison was run by Beria's secret police - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
The prison was run by Beria's secret police
S01 • E02 Yet it was a catastrophe the KGB had tried to prevent. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Yet it was a catastrophe the KGB had tried to prevent.
S01 • E01 With the German army bearing down on them, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
With the German army bearing down on them,