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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

So while hundreds of churches were destroyed across the country and bishops and priests...

So while hundreds of churches were destroyed across the country and bishops and priests executed, those few allowed to continue were forced to work with Dzerzhinsky's security services

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So while hundreds of churches
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were destroyed across the country
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and bishops and priests executed,
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those few allowed to continue
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were forced to work with Dzerzhinsky's security services.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:21
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 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,
S01 • E01 To neutralize what remained - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
To neutralize what remained
S01 • E02 Warders would bang on the doors with their keys and shout, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Warders would bang on the doors with their keys and shout,
S01 • E01 I would go as far as to say - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
I would go as far as to say
S01 • E03 There is nothing to connect - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:14
There is nothing to connect