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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(ominous music) For others, it was the welcome arrival of a leader who appeared to believe...

(ominous music) For others, it was the welcome arrival of a leader who appeared to believe in greater freedom

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For others, it was the welcome arrival
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of a leader who appeared to believe in greater freedom.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
56
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:41
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 • E03 And Sobchak said, well, you know, we are on the Baltic Sea, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
And Sobchak said, well, you know, we are on the Baltic Sea,
S01 • E01 For them, the nation, peasants, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
For them, the nation, peasants,
S01 • E02 He would have been a good man if he hadn't been spoiled - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
He would have been a good man if he hadn't been spoiled
S01 • E03 And when he came to Moscow, again, you know, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
And when he came to Moscow, again, you know,
S01 • E02 All those marks is and angles and all that rubbish. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
All those marks is and angles and all that rubbish.
S01 • E01 Everywhere from factories, small cooperatives, to the army, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Everywhere from factories, small cooperatives, to the army,
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E03 Putin's friend Berezovsky - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Putin's friend Berezovsky
S01 • E01 Convinced by Dzerzhinsky - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Convinced by Dzerzhinsky
S01 • E03 He funded Yeltsin's re-election and later claimed - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
He funded Yeltsin's re-election and later claimed
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E01 A civil war had broken out, and between 1918 and 1920, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
A civil war had broken out, and between 1918 and 1920,
S01 • E03 Yeltsin duly appointed him in July, 1998. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Yeltsin duly appointed him in July, 1998.
S01 • E02 That's why the number of arrests was lower - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
That's why the number of arrests was lower
S01 • E03 Putin's command of Russia's security service, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Putin's command of Russia's security service,
S01 • E01 It became known as the Red Terror. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
It became known as the Red Terror.
S01 • E03 Internal critics were again viewed as enemies, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Internal critics were again viewed as enemies,
S01 • E02 But the KGB wasn't humane because it was the instrument - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
But the KGB wasn't humane because it was the instrument
S01 • E01 It could be shooting prisoners - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
It could be shooting prisoners
S01 • E03 Prominent among those critics was Galina Starovoytova. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Prominent among those critics was Galina Starovoytova.