[1] In 2018, Chernyak was granted a Doctor of Sciences degree in economics; he presented his thesis at the Baltic Academy of Tourism and Entrepreneurship.

Chernyak has been engaged in politics since 1999 when he founded the youth public organization "Altamira" in Simferopol.

He was a member of the Party of Regions, and in 2006, he was elected as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea of the 5th convocation.

From 2009 to 2010, he was the Deputy Minister for Youth Affairs, Family and Gender Policy of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

In September 2014, he was appointed head of the Crimean Parliament's Committee on Health-Resort Complex and Tourism.