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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

He also sacks large numbers of its staff, weeding out people who are probably hostile...

He also sacks large numbers of its staff, weeding out people who are probably hostile towards him

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He also sacks large numbers of its staff,
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weeding out people who are probably hostile towards him.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
147
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:38
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 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
S01 • E03 He announced that state owned industries - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
He announced that state owned industries
S01 • E02 The question reverberated around the world, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
The question reverberated around the world,
S01 • E01 Somebody who was part of society, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Somebody who was part of society,
S01 • E03 Large scale privatization was intended to give citizens - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Large scale privatization was intended to give citizens
S01 • E01 (Alexander speaks Russian) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
(Alexander speaks Russian)
S01 • E02 And even today, disputes remain as to whether - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
And even today, disputes remain as to whether
S01 • E03 But the public had no experience of a private economy, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
But the public had no experience of a private economy,
S01 • E02 There was a debate between spies and atomic scientists, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
There was a debate between spies and atomic scientists,
S01 • E01 Even some of Lenin's closest associates - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Even some of Lenin's closest associates
S01 • E02 There's no need to play down either role - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
There's no need to play down either role
S01 • E01 (soft music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:16
(soft music)
S01 • E03 This is a great opportunity to basically embezzle - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
This is a great opportunity to basically embezzle
S01 • E01 And they wanted to start a world revolution - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
And they wanted to start a world revolution