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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

Having dissolved the old KGB and split it into several parts, Yeltsin now had control of...

Having dissolved the old KGB and split it into several parts, Yeltsin now had control of the security apparatus

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Having dissolved the old KGB
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and split it into several parts,
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Yeltsin now had control of the security apparatus.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
315
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:05
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • E01 Their Moscow headquarters, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Their Moscow headquarters,
S01 • E02 In the bunker in Kazakhstan, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
In the bunker in Kazakhstan,
S01 • E01 Chekists were expected to crack down hard - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Chekists were expected to crack down hard
S01 • E03 So you have a monster, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
So you have a monster,
S01 • E01 The first head of the secret police - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
The first head of the secret police
S01 • E02 They weren't quite clear whether he was joking or not. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
They weren't quite clear whether he was joking or not.
S01 • E03 He can't forget that this is a great threat - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
He can't forget that this is a great threat
S01 • E02 (dramatic music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
(dramatic music)
S01 • E01 He soon earned the name Iron Felix. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
He soon earned the name Iron Felix.
S01 • E02 More likely, they would have ended up in a gulag - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
More likely, they would have ended up in a gulag
S01 • E01 Dzerzhinsky came from a strict Catholic background - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Dzerzhinsky came from a strict Catholic background
S01 • E02 The glory of the Soviet Union - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
The glory of the Soviet Union
S01 • E03 He also sacks large numbers of its staff, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
He also sacks large numbers of its staff,
S01 • E01 His mother and an uncle had to talk him out of this - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
His mother and an uncle had to talk him out of this
S01 • E02 (booming) (dramatic music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
(booming) (dramatic music)
S01 • E03 Yeltsin turned his attention - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Yeltsin turned his attention
S01 • E01 But Dzerzhinsky didn't entirely abandon - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
But Dzerzhinsky didn't entirely abandon
S01 • E02 (dramatic music) (rumbling) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
(dramatic music) (rumbling)
S01 • E03 And from January, 1992, he came up with a big idea. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
And from January, 1992, he came up with a big idea.
S01 • E01 He carried over the ideals of a kind of Jesuit priest - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
He carried over the ideals of a kind of Jesuit priest