Kuusinen became an influential official in the Soviet state administration.
He was a member of the Politburo, the highest state organ.
 Despite his close work with Stalin, Kuusinen was able to continue to work during the administration of Nikita Khrushchev (1953–1964) and "de-stalinization".
He was Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1957–1964.
In 1952 and again in 1957 he was also elected to the Presidium of the Central Committee.

In the 1950s, Kuusinen was also one of the editors of The Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism, a textbook considered to be one of the fundamental works on dialectical materialism and Leninist communism.

In 1958, Kuusinen was elected a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

After learning that he was terminally ill, Kuusinen requested (via the Helsinki Embassy of the Soviet Union) permission to visit Laukaa and Jyväskylä as a private person.
The government of Finland denied this request.
Kuusinen became an influential official in the Soviet state administration. He was a member of the Politburo, the highest state organ.  Despite his close work with Stalin, Kuusinen was able to continue to work during the administration of Nikita Khrushchev (1953–1964) and "de-stalinization". He was Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1957–1964. In 1952 and again in 1957 he was also elected to the Presidium of the Central Committee.
In the 1950s, Kuusinen was also one of the editors of The Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism, a textbook considered to be one of the fundamental works on dialectical materialism and Leninist communism.
In 1958, Kuusinen was elected a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
After learning that he was terminally ill, Kuusinen requested (via the Helsinki Embassy of the Soviet Union) permission to visit Laukaa and Jyväskylä as a private person. The government of Finland denied this request.
Otto Wille Kuusinen