Volodymyr Krupskyi , president of the Ukrainian Union Conference of the Church of Seventh-day Adventists (SDA), was born in the village of Khazhyn, Zhytomyr region.
In 1982 , he started studying in underground theological courses in Kharkiv, and upon completion began his ministry in the town of Pavlodar.
In 1985, he was ordained presbyter.
In 1992, he was ordained preacher and was elected head of the Youth Department of the Southern Conference.
In 1994, he was elected p resident of the Southern Conference.
In 1998, at the 6 th convention of the SDA, he was elected president of the Ukrainian Union Conference of the SDA.