Platon Kulbusch

Platon, born Paul Kulbusch (also spelled Kuhlbusch or Kuldbush; 25 July [O.S.

13 July] 1869 in Pootsi, Pärnumaa, in the southwest of present-day Estonia (then part of Imperial Russia).

World War I was raging on, Russia's emperor Nicholas II had been overthrown, and Estonia yearned for independence, which Platon staunchly supported.

[2] Following the German Revolution, in November 1918 Germany formally handed over political power to the Estonian national government.

On 14 January 1919, during the Tartu Credit Center Massacre, Platon was executed along with two other priests, Michael Bleive and Nikolai Bezhanitsky, just before the city was retaken by the Estonian Army.