As the Finnish Civil War started in January 1918 , Bulatsel was the Commander of the 1st Brigade of the 106th division in Tampere . In the late February , Hugo Salmela replaced Mikhail Svechnikov as the Commander-in-Chief of the Red Guards . Salmela did not have any kind of military training , so Bulatsel became his advisor . After the Battle of Tampere , Bulatsel was arrested by the Whites and executed on 28 April . He was buried at the Kalevankangas Cemetery . Bulatsel 's two sons , 13-year-old Woldemar and 15-year-old Nikolai , were shot just couple of days later in the Vyborg massacre
Vyborg massacre
Vyborg massacre
Georgy Bulatsel