From May 1931, his last assignment was the head of the revolution research department in the Karelian Research Institute in Petrozavodsk. In October 1935, he was expelled as a "nationalist" in October 1935 and lived as a pensioner. a
For nearly two years, from May 1931, he managed the revolutionary research division at the Karelian Research Institute in Petrozavodsk. However, in October 1935, his tenure was cut short when he was deemed a "nationalist" and he went on to live as a retiree.