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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(speaking in foreign language)(crowd clapping) Soon after Gorbachev took power, the world...

(speaking in foreign language)
(crowd clapping) Soon after Gorbachev took power, the world suffered its greatest ever nuclear disaster

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(speaking in foreign language) (crowd clapping)
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Soon after Gorbachev took power,
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the world suffered its greatest ever nuclear disaster.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
73
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:09
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 Lviv prison held over 1600 political prisoners. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Lviv prison held over 1600 political prisoners.
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:19
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E03 These were Russian security service units - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
These were Russian security service units
S01 • E01 The prison was run by Beria's secret police - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
The prison was run by Beria's secret police
S01 • E02 Yet it was a catastrophe the KGB had tried to prevent. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Yet it was a catastrophe the KGB had tried to prevent.
S01 • E01 With the German army bearing down on them, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
With the German army bearing down on them,
S01 • E03 Before the occupation, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Before the occupation,
S01 • E02 We warned Moscow that this type of accident might happen. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
We warned Moscow that this type of accident might happen.
S01 • E01 (soft music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:14
(soft music)
S01 • E03 He spent 40 minutes telling me how good life would be - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
He spent 40 minutes telling me how good life would be
S01 • E02 There was a shortage of cement - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
There was a shortage of cement
S01 • E03 I told him, if you want to make us happy, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
I told him, if you want to make us happy,
S01 • E02 As a consequence, the entire city of Pripyat, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
As a consequence, the entire city of Pripyat,
S01 • E01 In 1941, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
In 1941,
S01 • E03 Now the FSB chases everyone who expresses disagreement - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
Now the FSB chases everyone who expresses disagreement
S01 • E02 Andre Cohut, director of the KGB archive in Kiev, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
Andre Cohut, director of the KGB archive in Kiev,
S01 • E01 As the prisoners waited, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
As the prisoners waited,
S01 • E03 Today in Crimea, they've established a worse regime - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Today in Crimea, they've established a worse regime
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E02 Instead, they rushed construction to finish it - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Instead, they rushed construction to finish it