KGB - The Sword and the Shield

Season 1

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, with poisoning and hacking central to their operations. And the reason behind this is the rise of a lowly lieutenant colonel to President of this vast country, Vladimir Putin. This is the History of the KGB, told through its veterans AND its victims.

Where to Watch Season 1

3 Episodes

  • Dzerjinski & Co
    E1
    Dzerjinski & CoSet up as a 'temporary' measure by Lenin shortly after the revolution, the early years of the KGB soon became synonymous with mass executions during the Red Terror of the early 1920s.
  • Beria & Co
    E2
    Beria & CoBy August 1949, at least five years earlier than expected, the USSR became the world's second superpower, thanks to its spies who had stolen America's atomic secrets.
  • Putin & Co
    E3
    Putin & CoCoup d’etats, assassinations, sex scandals, radioactive poisoning....it’s the stuff of a Bond movie. But in today’s Russia, it’s all very real. Under Vladimir Putin, the KGB or FSB as it’s now called, rules Russia with an iron rod directly from the Kremlin. To challenge its authority, even from apparent safety abroad, means risking your life. The KGB has even managed to outlive communism itself. Today, Russia is no longer a State with a Security Service: instead, the Security Service has a State.

Cast of Season 1

  • Jamie DoranDirector / Producer

 

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