Chernikhov studied 1907-14 at the
Art School in Odessa; 1914-17 he studied at the Imperial Academy in
Petrograd. In 1916 he transferred to the Architecture Faculty 1922 he
studied architecture under Leontii Benua. 1923-1936 he taught in
Leningrad. In 1938 he was forced to leave Leningrad and moved to Moscow
where he taught at the Faculty of Industrial Architecture.