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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

For example, in his office in the Lubyanka, there was an anteroom where his secretary...

For example, in his office in the Lubyanka, there was an anteroom where his secretary worked and a prisoner was in custody in the cells nearby

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For example, in his office in the Lubyanka,
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there was an anteroom where his secretary worked
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and a prisoner was in custody in the cells nearby.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
60
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:06
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 And in short order, he ended up at the mayor's office - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
And in short order, he ended up at the mayor's office
S01 • E02 Khrushchev had him arrested on charges - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Khrushchev had him arrested on charges
S01 • E03 And in some ways that was the making of him, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
And in some ways that was the making of him,
S01 • E01 The man overpowered his guard, took his gun, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
The man overpowered his guard, took his gun,
S01 • E02 The official version then, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
The official version then,
S01 • E03 Anatoly Sobchak was a rising star. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Anatoly Sobchak was a rising star.
S01 • E02 One of the strange things about this - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
One of the strange things about this
S01 • E03 A man many saw as a future president. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
A man many saw as a future president.
S01 • E01 He burst into the anteroom, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
He burst into the anteroom,
S01 • E03 I think Putin recognized, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
I think Putin recognized,
S01 • E02 So, we have that the word of Khrushchev to take for it - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
So, we have that the word of Khrushchev to take for it
S01 • E03 There you can shape the new Russia - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
There you can shape the new Russia
S01 • E01 To get in, you had to go through the wardrobe - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
To get in, you had to go through the wardrobe
S01 • E02 One way or another, Beria was now gone. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
One way or another, Beria was now gone.
S01 • E01 (Alexander speaks Russian) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
(Alexander speaks Russian)
S01 • E03 And he basically became Sobchak's fixer. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
And he basically became Sobchak's fixer.
S01 • E03 Fixer, bagman, he was the guy who liaised - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Fixer, bagman, he was the guy who liaised
S01 • E02 Khrushchev's next move was to reduce the power - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Khrushchev's next move was to reduce the power
S01 • E03 Putin was typical of a whole generation of KGB officers - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Putin was typical of a whole generation of KGB officers
S01 • E01 Lenin had a rather naive attitude - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Lenin had a rather naive attitude