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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

The jokes compiled from the archives, show how humor was often the last refuge under an...

The jokes compiled from the archives, show how humor was often the last refuge under an authoritarian regime

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The jokes compiled from the archives,
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show how humor was often the last refuge
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under an authoritarian regime.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
188
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:19
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 • E03 The chairman of the KGB, Vladimir Kryuchkov, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
The chairman of the KGB, Vladimir Kryuchkov,
S01 • E02 (crowd laughing and clapping) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
(crowd laughing and clapping)
S01 • E01 Misha Melnichenko has unearthed - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Misha Melnichenko has unearthed
S01 • E01 One day, Stalin lost his pipe - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
One day, Stalin lost his pipe
S01 • E01 A bit later, he calls Beria and says, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
A bit later, he calls Beria and says,
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E03 Citizens of Moscow knew nothing of all this - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Citizens of Moscow knew nothing of all this
S01 • E03 (speaking foreign language). - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
(speaking foreign language).
S01 • E01 Continue the investigation." - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
Continue the investigation."
S01 • E02 (orchestral music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
(orchestral music)
S01 • E03 The announcement didn't reveal - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
The announcement didn't reveal
S01 • E02 Workers were shown striving together for common good. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Workers were shown striving together for common good.
S01 • E02 (swift orchestral music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
(swift orchestral music)
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,