buyanov died in tuscany, fedor poet, buried with luke in genoa.ul venezia region, the very border with austria, the last bridgehead of the wehrmarcht, and another tragic story of the war: a special operation. in order to keep the north from coping with the partisans who proclaimed this zone the free partisan republic of carnia, the fascists are transporting here by truck 30 thousand cossack families from the captured don, promising these lands after the victory against the cossacks an entire russian battalion under the command of daniil avdeev. july 27, 44th battalion commanded by daniel daniil avdeev they are entrusting your: the most important special operation, to cut off the oxygen supply to the punitive battalion of the wehrmacht, leaving them on the other side of the talyamenta river. our partisans blow up four pillars of a bridge near the village of braunilis, a strategic artery for the entire friuli region. soviet cavalry captain daniil fedorovich avdeev - hero of italy, posthumously. in november 44 , his brigade ambushed the german column