Background
Hlibov was born in Veselyi Podil, Khorol county, Poltava gubernia.
Hlibov was born in Veselyi Podil, Khorol county, Poltava gubernia.
He graduated from the Nizhyn Lyceum in 1855.
In 1858 He began to teach at the gymnasia in Chornyi Ostriv and Chernihiv. He was active in the Chernihiv Hromada, published educational books, and contributed to the Saint St. Petersburg Ukrainian journal Osnova. In 1861 he founded and became editor of the weekly newspaper Chernigovskii listok, in which he published some of his works.
Hlibov was then fired from his teaching job and was forced to live under police surveillance.
From 1867 to his death he was the director of the Chernihiv zemstvo printing house. He died in Chernihiv.