I, Kuchma Vladivir, was born on January 29, 1949 in Lutsk. From 1955 to 1965 I was a studied at the secondary school in Lutugino. From 1965 to 1970 I was a student at the Geological Faculty of the Kyiv National University. Since 1970 and till now I work at the Institute of Geophysics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
In 1980 I defended my thesis and received the degree of candidate of geological mine sciences.
In 1986, I participated in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.