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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(speaking in foreign language) Khrushchev set out to reposition the communist party as the...

(speaking in foreign language) Khrushchev set out to reposition the communist party as the true defender of the people

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(speaking in foreign language)
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Khrushchev set out to reposition
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the communist party as the true defender of the people.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
67
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:06
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 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.
S01 • E02 (dark music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
(dark music)
S01 • E01 It could be putting prisoners on a boat - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
It could be putting prisoners on a boat
S01 • E03 An outspoken Russian MP, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:14
An outspoken Russian MP,
S01 • E01 It could be putting them in prison camps - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
It could be putting them in prison camps
S01 • E01 Dzerzhinsky, the man who might've become a priest, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Dzerzhinsky, the man who might've become a priest,
S01 • E01 Religion was denounced as a competing ideology, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
Religion was denounced as a competing ideology,
S01 • E03 She would answer, yes, but I've taken this path - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
She would answer, yes, but I've taken this path