He died in Tallinn.
1950: Order of Lenin.
He was Deputy Chairman of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Council of Ministers 1950–1953, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Tallinn Oblast Soviet 1953, Minister of Culture 1953–1963, Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic and Acting Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic 7 October – 22 December 1970.
He was a member of the Communist Party of Estonia.