The first time, he served eighth on the party list of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, while the second time he represented Ukraine's 113th electoral district as an independent member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc Vitalii Semenovych Kurylo was born on 2 February 1957 in the settlement of Bilokurakyne, in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk Oblast.

He graduated from the Historical Faculty of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko State Pedagogical Institute in 1982, and in 1974 began his career as a teacher at Bilokurakyne Secondary School.

From 1996 to 1997, he was head of the Main Department of Education and Science of the Luhansk Oblast State Administration.

In 2000, Kurylo defended his doctoral dissertation on the history of teaching, with the topic of "The Formation and Development of Education and Pedagogical Thought of Eastern Ukraine in the Twentieth Century."

In addition to his political activity, Kurylo is a recognised scientist in the field of pedagogical science and historical local lore.

The most famous of his scientific works include "The Formation and Development of Education and Pedagogical Thought of Eastern Ukraine in the Twentieth Century", "Pedagogical Philosophy", "The History of the Donbas", "The History of Luhansk Oblast", and "Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University.