 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera Shanduko yeGermanyMuna November 1918, Germany yakapa hurumende yeEstonia simba rezvematongerwo enyika. Mukupindura, Bolshevik Russia yakapinda, ichiedza kudzorazve nzvimbo yacho. Panguva iyi, Plato akanga ari muTartu Dorpat, achirwara nepneumonia. VaBolshevik vakatora Tartu musi wa24 December, uye musi wa2 January Platon akasungwa ndokuiswa mujeri muchitokisi. Musi wa14 January 1919, akaurayiwa pamwe chete nevamwe vapristi vaviri, Michael Bleive naNikolai Bezhanitsky, guta racho risati ratorwazve neuto reEstonia. 