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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

We woke up and didn't know what was happening

We woke up and didn't know what was happening

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We woke up and didn't know what was happening.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
64
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:08
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 These apartment bombings may have happened - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
These apartment bombings may have happened
S01 • E01 Very quickly, though, it turned into something else. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Very quickly, though, it turned into something else.
S01 • E02 They pushed their guns through the windows - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
They pushed their guns through the windows
S01 • E01 The Bolsheviks saw that they had all these extra people, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
The Bolsheviks saw that they had all these extra people,
S01 • E03 The Chechens are becoming too audacious, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
The Chechens are becoming too audacious,
S01 • E01 Why not put them to work for the state - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Why not put them to work for the state
S01 • E02 (eerie music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
(eerie music)
S01 • E03 Of course, anyone who would fight terrorism - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Of course, anyone who would fight terrorism
S01 • E01 The Gulag system Dzerzhinsky pioneered - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
The Gulag system Dzerzhinsky pioneered
S01 • E03 And I think it was a factor - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
And I think it was a factor
S01 • E01 It lasted for 60 years, though he died in 1926. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
It lasted for 60 years, though he died in 1926.
S01 • E03 No rigorous investigation has been undertaken - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
No rigorous investigation has been undertaken
S01 • E02 (eerie music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
(eerie music)
S01 • E01 (Evgenia sings in Russian) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:16
(Evgenia sings in Russian)
S01 • E03 It's got a lot of people killed - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
It's got a lot of people killed
S01 • E03 Whoever was behind these atrocities, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
Whoever was behind these atrocities,
S01 • E01 The youngest were thrown into orphanages, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
The youngest were thrown into orphanages,
S01 • E02 Six of the rebel leaders were executed, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Six of the rebel leaders were executed,
S01 • E03 Within three months of these bombings, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Within three months of these bombings,
S01 • E01 That really is how the Ministry of Security, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
That really is how the Ministry of Security,