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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

There's no need to play down either role (dramatic music)(booming) It was our Soviet spies...

There's no need to play down either role (dramatic music)
(booming) It was our Soviet spies and scientists working together then made it happen

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There's no need to play down either role
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(dramatic music) (booming)
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It was our Soviet spies and scientists working together
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then made it happen.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
73
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:24
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 This is a great opportunity to basically embezzle - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
This is a great opportunity to basically embezzle
S01 • E01 And they wanted to start a world revolution - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
And they wanted to start a world revolution
S01 • E02 Though Russian scientists would go on - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
Though Russian scientists would go on
S01 • E03 Soon, Moscow had almost a hundred billionaires - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Soon, Moscow had almost a hundred billionaires
S01 • E03 There's not many people who are making large amounts - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
There's not many people who are making large amounts
S01 • E01 From their imposing Lubyanka headquarters, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
From their imposing Lubyanka headquarters,
S01 • E02 Those agents in the USA, Klaus Fuchs, foreigners, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Those agents in the USA, Klaus Fuchs, foreigners,
S01 • E03 The Yeltsin years were marked - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
The Yeltsin years were marked
S01 • E01 Only the best, cleverest, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Only the best, cleverest,
S01 • E03 Russia became notorious as the wild east. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Russia became notorious as the wild east.
S01 • E02 These unique pictures were taken in a Berlin cemetery - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
These unique pictures were taken in a Berlin cemetery
S01 • E01 So it was considered a great honor - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
So it was considered a great honor
S01 • E03 Mafias of every description took control of business. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Mafias of every description took control of business.
S01 • E01 (soft music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
(soft music)
S01 • E03 Those they didn't own outright, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Those they didn't own outright,
S01 • E02 They show one of the KGB's top spymasters, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
They show one of the KGB's top spymasters,
S01 • E03 Inevitably, the people cried out for an end to the chaos. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Inevitably, the people cried out for an end to the chaos.
S01 • E03 The internal security service, rebranded under Yeltsin - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
The internal security service, rebranded under Yeltsin
S01 • E01 (Kuznetsov speaks Russian) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
(Kuznetsov speaks Russian)
S01 • E02 Foreign spies had put Russia on a par - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Foreign spies had put Russia on a par