About
Soviet revolutionary who was leader of the Communist Party of Estonia. He became the first Premier of Soviet Estonia after leading the leftist revolutionaries in a revolution in Tallinn in 1917.
Before Fame
He was educated at St. Petersburg University.
Trivia
He was imprisoned during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge in 1937, and died from the beatings he suffered.
Family Life
He was raised by a peasant family in Oorgu, Estonia.
Associated With
He fought in opposition to the regime of Joseph Stalin.
