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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

Khrushchev was bringing a lighter touch to domestic policy, but on the world stage, he was...

Khrushchev was bringing a lighter touch to domestic policy, but on the world stage, he was highly confrontational

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Khrushchev was bringing a lighter touch
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to domestic policy, but on the world stage,
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he was highly confrontational.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:03
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 • E01 The joke was, "The whole world is arming itself - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
The joke was, "The whole world is arming itself
S01 • E02 (dramatic music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 With the collapse of the USSR, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
With the collapse of the USSR,
S01 • E01 (knocking on door) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
(knocking on door)
S01 • E02 Ironically, it was the KGB which would help - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Ironically, it was the KGB which would help
S01 • E01 I was eight months pregnant - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
I was eight months pregnant
S01 • E03 When he found out that he was going to be made president - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
When he found out that he was going to be made president
S01 • E02 Nikita Khrushchev knew from his spies, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
Nikita Khrushchev knew from his spies,
S01 • E01 (people speak Russian) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
(people speak Russian)
S01 • E01 There were complications, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
There were complications,
S01 • E02 Khrushchev met threat with counter threat - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Khrushchev met threat with counter threat
S01 • E03 There's a round of applause and laughter afterwards - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
There's a round of applause and laughter afterwards
S01 • E02 The Soviets placed missiles on the Cuban territory. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
The Soviets placed missiles on the Cuban territory.
S01 • E01 When they brought me my dead baby, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
When they brought me my dead baby,
S01 • E02 And in the United States, they learned about it. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
And in the United States, they learned about it.
S01 • E03 As an early demonstration of his authority, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
As an early demonstration of his authority,
S01 • E02 In a story untold until today, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
In a story untold until today,
S01 • E03 The west had been urging restraint, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
The west had been urging restraint,
S01 • E01 At 99 years old Vera still mourns. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
At 99 years old Vera still mourns.
S01 • E02 I was in some way involved that Cuban missile crisis. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
I was in some way involved that Cuban missile crisis.