 In 1917 and 1918, he was the headmaster of a Jewish school in Sarapul.Afterwards, he temporarily moved to Kiev, where he was the director of a children's club in 1918 and 1919 before becoming a cultural worker for the Red Army in 1920 and 1921.Studying at Moscow State University in 1921 and 1922, Falkovitsh later worked for the Commissariat of Enlightenment.