Benito Mussolini January 1945 by Madeleine Mollier, a few months before he was captured and executed by Italian anti-fascist partisans, he stated flatly: "Seven years ago, I was an interesting person. Now, I am little more than a corpse." He continued: On 25 April 1945, allied troops were advancing into northern Italy, and the collapse of the Salò Republic was imminent. Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci set out for Switzerland, intending to board a plane and escape to Spain. Two days later on 27 April, they were stopped near the village of Dongo (Lake Como) by communist partisans Valerio and Bellini
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (fairy tale) Book of Masters", a 2009 Russian language fantasy film, is loosely based on Bazhov's tales, mostly "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" and "The Stone Flower". The 2012 opera "The Malachite Casket", based on "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" and "The Malachite Casket", was created by Dmitry Batin. The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (fairy tale) "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" (), also known as "The Queen of the Copper Mountain" or "The Mistress of the Copper Mine", is a folk tale (the so-called "skaz") of the Ural region of Russia collected and reworked by Pavel Bazhov. It