He was born on June 21, 1973. He graduated from Kosiv Secondary School № 1, in 1988 he entered the Kosiv Technical School of Folk Arts and Crafts in the Department of Artistic Metal.

Dutka Vasily Yakovlevich, Honored Artist of Ukraine, Associate Professor of the Department of Fine Arts and Academic Disciplines, was born on March 6, 1965 in the village of Nikolaevka, Buchatsky district, Ternopil region.