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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(explosion) Only a fraction of the churches that existed in Moscow before the revolution...

(explosion) Only a fraction of the churches that existed in Moscow before the revolution remained in the 1950s, according to the research of a British exchange student in Moscow at the time, Michael Bourdeaux

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Only a fraction of the churches
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that existed in Moscow before the revolution
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remained in the 1950s,
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according to the research of a British exchange student
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in Moscow at the time, Michael Bourdeaux.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
59
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:35
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 [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
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E03 It's a very usual way, I would say kind of traditional - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
It's a very usual way, I would say kind of traditional
S01 • E02 We have beds like this three to a cell, number 55. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
We have beds like this three to a cell, number 55.
S01 • E01 So religion and the Tsarist regime - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
So religion and the Tsarist regime
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E03 Like you have a high-profile killer, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
Like you have a high-profile killer,
S01 • E01 To neutralize what remained - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
To neutralize what remained
S01 • E02 Warders would bang on the doors with their keys and shout, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Warders would bang on the doors with their keys and shout,
S01 • E01 I would go as far as to say - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
I would go as far as to say
S01 • E03 There is nothing to connect - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:14
There is nothing to connect
S01 • E02 The prison system was less draconian - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
The prison system was less draconian
S01 • E01 The communist party found new uses - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
The communist party found new uses
S01 • E03 This impediment removed, Putin used his security service - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
This impediment removed, Putin used his security service