 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Shulhyn akaberekerwa mumusha weSofyne Katsapshchyna, Khorol county muHurumende yePoltava nhasi Andriivka rural council yeKhorol Raion mumhuri yemunyori wenhoroondo uye mudzidzisi Yakiv Shulhyn ane nhaka yakateedzerwa kuvakuru veCossack starshina. Iye ane ukama naVasily Shulgin. Munununa waOleksander, Volodymyr akafira muHondo yeKruty. Shulhyn akatanga kunyoresa padhipatimendi remasvomhu-fizikisi reSaint Petersburg State University muna 1908. Muna 1910 akachinjirwa kudhipatimendi renhoroondo neuzivi uko Shulhyn akapedza kudzidza muna 1915. Gare gare kusvikira muna 1917, akashanda mudhipatimendi somubatsiri wapurofesa. 