Editing Gustav Ernesaks (section)

==Honours and awards==
;Soviet Union
* [[Hero of Socialist Labour]] (1974)
* [[People's Artist of the USSR]] (1956)
* [[USSR State Prize|Stalin Prizes]];
**2nd class (1947)
**3rd class (1951)&nbsp;– for the opera ''Tormide rand'' ("The Coast of Storms"; 1949)
* [[Lenin Prize]] (1970)
* [[Order of Lenin]], three times (1974, 1951, 1967)
* [[Order of the October Revolution]] (1978)
* [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]] (1946)
* [[Order of the Badge of Honour]], twice (1965, 1988)

;Estonia
* [[Order of the Estonian Red Cross]], 5th class (1938)
* {{ill|Honoured Artist of the Estonian SSR|et|Eesti NSV teeneline kunstitegelane}} (1942)
* [[People's Artist of the Estonian SSR]] (1947)
* [[State Prize of the Estonian SSR]] (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1959, 1965)