Background
Sklianskii, Efraim was born on August 12, 1892 in Fastov.
Sklianskii, Efraim was born on August 12, 1892 in Fastov.
Studied at Kiev University, in the medical faculty, 1911-1916. Studied at Kiev University, in the medical faculty, 1911-1916.
Joined the Communist Party in 1913. Propaganda worker for the Kiev RSDRP. From 1916, served in the army as a soldier, then a doctor. After the February Revolution 1917, member of the 5th Army Party Committee Member of the Petrograd Revolutionary Committee Commissar at the General Staff High Command, Mogilev.
Deputy Minister of War, 1917-1918. From March 1918, member of the Senior Military Soviet of the RSFSR. From April 1918-March 1924, Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Soviet. Trotsky’s right-hand man.
Member of the Narkomzdrav (Ministry of Health Service) Collegium, 1920-1921. In April 1924, demoted to the VSNKH as Chairman of Mossukno (Moscow Cloth Industry) Trust. Found drowned during a business trip to the USA.