Kuban Oblast
Khrystiuk was born in the Kuban Oblast. He studied in Kiev Polytechnic Institute as his party co-member, Vsevolod Holubovych. He worked for the newspaper "Rada" (Council). In 1916-17 he also worked for journal "Komashnia". Later in his career were the socialists-revolutionary newspapers "Borotba" and "Trudova Hromada".