A o amata le Taua Faalemalo a Finilani i Ianuari 1918, o Bulatsel o le Komesina o le 1st Brigade o le 106th division i Tampere. I le faaiʻuga o Fepuari, na suia ai e Hugo Salmela ia Mikhail Svechnikov o le Komesina Sili o le Red Guards. E leʻi aʻoaʻoina e Salmela se aʻoaʻoga faamiliteli, o lea na avea ai Bulatsel ma ana faufautua. Ina ua mavae le Taua i Tampere, na puʻea faapagotaina Bulatsel e le White ma fasiotia ia Aperila 28. Na tanu o ia i le Kalevankangas Cemetery. O atalii e toʻalua o Bulatsel, o Woldemar e 13 tausaga ma Nikolai e 15 tausaga, na fanaina i ni nai aso mulimuli ane ai i le fasiotiga tagata i Vyborg
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