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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(swift orchestral music) (woman speaking in foreign language)

(swift orchestral music) (woman speaking in foreign language)

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(swift orchestral music)
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(woman speaking in foreign language)
Duration
8 seconds
Views
357
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:13
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 This recently opened KGB archive in Kiev - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
This recently opened KGB archive in Kiev
S01 • E03 He managed to record a brief message to the Soviet people - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
He managed to record a brief message to the Soviet people
S01 • E02 In the 1920s and '30s, this view of a utopian society - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
In the 1920s and '30s, this view of a utopian society
S01 • E01 It records the fate of hundreds of thousands - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
It records the fate of hundreds of thousands
S01 • E03 KGB hardliners believed that Gorbachev - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
KGB hardliners believed that Gorbachev
S01 • E02 Some were even willing to collaborate with the Soviets - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Some were even willing to collaborate with the Soviets
S01 • E01 Those who suffered at the hands of the KGB, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
Those who suffered at the hands of the KGB,
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E03 With Perestroika, which was introduced - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
With Perestroika, which was introduced
S01 • E01 (soft music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
(soft music)
S01 • E02 They used a variety of inducements, not just money. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
They used a variety of inducements, not just money.
S01 • E02 You could also convince communists - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
You could also convince communists
S01 • E03 Indeed, that's one of the reasons why the head of the KGB - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Indeed, that's one of the reasons why the head of the...
S01 • E01 Prisoners called this playing the piano. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Prisoners called this playing the piano.
S01 • E02 (pleasant orchestral music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
(pleasant orchestral music)
S01 • E01 (man speaks Russian) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
(man speaks Russian)
S01 • E03 As tanks closed in around the White House, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
As tanks closed in around the White House,
S01 • E02 Nowhere would prove more important - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
Nowhere would prove more important
S01 • E03 In the early morning, I rushed to the White House. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
In the early morning, I rushed to the White House.
S01 • E01 They pushed guns through our cell windows - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
They pushed guns through our cell windows