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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

Religion was denounced as a competing ideology, but it had been ingrained in Russian...

Religion was denounced as a competing ideology, but it had been ingrained in Russian culture for centuries and couldn't be replaced with atheism overnight

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Religion was denounced as a competing ideology,
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but it had been ingrained in Russian culture for centuries
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and couldn't be replaced with atheism overnight.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:03
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 • E02 These were the so-called soft cells, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
These were the so-called soft cells,
S01 • E02 A man would be walked into a cell like this, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
A man would be walked into a cell like this,
S01 • E03 Galina Starovoytova was one of the first Russian MPS - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Galina Starovoytova was one of the first Russian MPS
S01 • E01 So while hundreds of churches - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
So while hundreds of churches
S01 • E02 The victim had no visible signs of physical abuse, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
The victim had no visible signs of physical abuse,
S01 • E03 She wasn't seeking to make money for herself - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
She wasn't seeking to make money for herself
S01 • E01 (explosion) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:19
(explosion)
S01 • E03 [Female Interpreter] They were professional hit-men. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
[Female Interpreter] They were professional hit-men.
S01 • E02 Both these men serve time here - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Both these men serve time here
S01 • E03 The ringleader who ran the gang of killers, is now in jail. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
The ringleader who ran the gang of killers, is now in jail.
S01 • E02 Yvonne Mancho was here under Stalin and then Khrushchev. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Yvonne Mancho was here under Stalin and then Khrushchev.
S01 • E03 The people who order serious political assassinations - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
The people who order serious political assassinations
S01 • E02 (somber music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
(somber music)
S01 • E01 In January, 1918, Lenin himself - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
In January, 1918, Lenin himself
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E03 It's a very usual way, I would say kind of traditional - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
It's a very usual way, I would say kind of traditional
S01 • E02 We have beds like this three to a cell, number 55. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
We have beds like this three to a cell, number 55.
S01 • E01 So religion and the Tsarist regime - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
So religion and the Tsarist regime
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E03 Like you have a high-profile killer, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
Like you have a high-profile killer,