Her grandfather Vasil Vitka [ru] was a famous writer, as later confessed by Chernyavskaya, he was the one who shaped her cultural taste and affection to books and reading.
[1] She grew up in the literary house at Улица Карла Маркса (Минск) [ru] street, 36, in front of the famous Janka Kupala National Theatre.
Her neighbors were mostly writers and poets, including Uladzimir Karatkievich, Viačasłaŭ Adamčyk, Janka Bryl, Nil Hilevich, and many more.
Her play Аднакласнікі staged by Ekaterina Averkova at the Могилёвский областной драматический театр [be] brought her the National Belarusian Theatrical Award in 2012.
[9] After more than 30 years of work, Chernyavskaya was forced to resign in 2021, when state censorship began to gain momentum in universities.
[4][8] Though Chernyavskaya never belonged to Tut.by management and didn’t even have its shares, she was arrested in her apartment on May 18, 2021, on the same day with more than 15 Tut.by employees including ex chief editor Marina Zolotova.
Chernyavskaya suffered a stroke and was hospitalized under convoys, for more than 2 days her relatives and colleagues couldn’t contact her.