Konstantin Päts. In 1938 Otto became a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice in the Hague. In 1939, Strandman went back to Estonia and returned to his home in Kadrina. He wasn’t active in politics anymore. Strandman achieved a formal notice to arrive in NKVD, but he knew his fate and decided to shoot himself. He shooted himself in his home in Kadrina on 5 February 1941 and he was buried to Tallinn Sisekalmistu cemetery. He was also active in cultural activities. Otto was in the board of “Estonia” society, Tallinn Savings and Loans Society. He received honorary decorates from the University of Tartu in 1928 and Warsaw University in 1930. All honours and awards, that had been given to him, he did not accept. He got five awards: Cross of Liberty III/I, Order of the Estonian Red Cross III, Order of the Estonian Red Cross II/II, Order of the
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