According to the publication, the writer died in his house on Vilniusskaya street.
After graduating from the Military Aviation School, he worked as a correspondent for the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.
Chernykh is known for the war and crime novels Non-Flying Weather, I Guarantee Life, Right Bank, Evil Wind Afghan, Bucks Don't Smell, Viper on the Chest, Bandit and Opera, and others.
On August 27, military journalist Dmitry Litovkin died at the age of 50 in Moscow.