Chernyaev (russian: Черняев) is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Chernyaeva. It may refer to *

Anatoly Chernyaev Anatoly Sergeevich Chernyaev (May 26, 1921 – March 12, 2017) was a Russian historian and writer who was a principal foreign-policy advisor to General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev during the final days of the Soviet Union. After fighting in World ...

(1921–2017), Russian historian and writer *

Irina Cherniaeva Irina Evgenyevna Cherniaeva (russian: Ирина Евгеньевна Черняева; born 29 October 1955, in Moscow) is a Russian former pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union. With her skating partner, Vasili Blagov, she represented t ...

(born 1955), Russian pair skater *

Mikhail Chernyayev Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyaev (Russian: Михаил Григорьевич Черняев) (3 November / 22 October 1828, Bender, Bessarabia Governorate – 16 August 1898) was a Russian major general, who, together with Konstantin Kaufman an ...

(1828–1898), Russian military leader

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