[1] Serhiy Kyrychenko was born in 1952 in Novoselivka, a small village in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine to a working-class family.

In 1983 he graduated from command faculty of Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy.

[1] In 2000, Serhiy Kyrychenko graduated from the faculty of preparation of the operational-strategic level officers’ of the National Academy of Defence of Ukraine with golden medal.

[1] In 1992, after the fall of the Soviet Union, he joined the newly established Armed Forces of Ukraine.

[1][3] April 2002 Serhiy Kyrychenko was assigned on position of Deputy of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.