Dmytro Chernyavsky was born on March 5, 1992, in the village of Khromove, Bakhmut district. He studied at Secondary School No. 18 in Bakhmut and participated in history and economics competitions. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Economics of Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University, and in 2013 he entered the master's program at the Faculty of Economics of Ivan Franko Lviv National University.
In life, Dmytro was very kind and sincere, and by nature he was a quiet person who was incapable of hurting anyone. He loved small children very much and always enjoyed playing with them. Traveling around Ukraine was another of his passions: he often visited ethnic festivals and went camping on the Azov Sea. He was also a dreamer who simply wanted to live with dignity in his own country.
In October 2010, Dmytro Chernyavsky joined the All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda." In March 2011, he headed the press service of the Donetsk city branch of the party, and two years later, the regional branch.
With the start of Euromaidan, Dmytro Chernyavsky joined the protests in Donetsk and visited the Maidan in Kyiv and Lviv several times.
On March 13, 2014, another "For a United Ukraine" rally took place in Donetsk, with participants advocating for the preservation of our country's integrity. After the rally ended, self-defense activists from the Donetsk Maidan, including Dmytro Chernyavsky, were supposed to provide cover for the peaceful demonstrators to leave. At that moment, a crowd of pro-Russian youths surrounded them. During the clash, Dmytro Chernyavsky was stabbed in the stomach, which proved fatal.
Dmytro Chernyavsky was 22 years old.
For his civic courage, patriotism, heroic defense of the constitutional principles of democracy, human rights and freedoms, and selfless service to the Ukrainian people, demonstrated during the Revolution of Dignity, By Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 94/2015 of February 20, 2015, Dmytro Chernyavsky was posthumously awarded the title of "Hero of Ukraine" with the Order of the Golden Star. On July 4, 2015, Honorary Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church awarded him the medal "For Sacrifice and Love for Ukraine," and on May 8, 2016, Supreme Archbishop Sviatoslav of Kyiv-Halych of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church awarded him an honorary diploma (posthumously).
Dmytro Chernyavsky's name and portrait are engraved on the temporary memorial to the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred in Kyiv, as well as on the Memorial to the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred in Lviv. On May 7, 2015, a memorial plaque in his honor was unveiled at Bakhmut School No. 18, where Dmytro studied. On November 15, 2017, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine established the Dmytro Chernyavsky Scholarship for students and cadets of state-owned higher education institutions majoring in economics. On November 21, 2018, a memorial plaque was installed on the facade of the building of the Faculty of Economics of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, where Dmytro studied.