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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(soft music) During 1937 and 1938, nearly 700,000 people were executed and over a million...

(soft music) During 1937 and 1938, nearly 700,000 people were executed and over a million more sent to the Gulag

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During 1937 and 1938,
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nearly 700,000 people were executed
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and over a million more sent to the Gulag.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:45
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 People had no respect for the service in general, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
People had no respect for the service in general,
S01 • E03 The fact that the Politkovskaya case - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
The fact that the Politkovskaya case
S01 • E02 To cast the service in a better light - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
To cast the service in a better light
S01 • E01 Their images were expunged from official photographs. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Their images were expunged from official photographs.
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S01 • E03 Schchekochikhin and Politkovskaya both worked - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Schchekochikhin and Politkovskaya both worked
S01 • E03 It's one of the last major independent newspapers in Russia. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
It's one of the last major independent newspapers in...
S01 • E02 He restored the prestige of the security forces - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
He restored the prestige of the security forces
S01 • E01 Most of those arrested - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Most of those arrested
S01 • E03 Most of the media is owned or controlled by the state. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Most of the media is owned or controlled by the state.
S01 • E02 At the same time as rebranding the service, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
At the same time as rebranding the service,
S01 • E03 Six of Novaya Gazeta's correspondence have met - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Six of Novaya Gazeta's correspondence have met
S01 • E01 Then they fall into this machine - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Then they fall into this machine
S01 • E01 You were stripped naked, locked in a cell, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
You were stripped naked, locked in a cell,
S01 • E03 Yet no one can say with certainty - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Yet no one can say with certainty
S01 • E01 They bombard you with ludicrous charges - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
They bombard you with ludicrous charges
S01 • E02 Andropov believed that any element of descent, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Andropov believed that any element of descent,
S01 • E03 Everyone from common criminals to oligarchs - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Everyone from common criminals to oligarchs
S01 • E02 In 1968, Czechoslovakia, an ally of the USSR, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
In 1968, Czechoslovakia, an ally of the USSR,
S01 • E01 And maybe you were planning to assassinate Stalin. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
And maybe you were planning to assassinate Stalin.