Chernetsky or Chernetskaya is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:Arkady Chernetsky, Russian politician Juliya Chernetsky, American television personality Nikolay Chernetskiy, Soviet sprinter Oleksandr Chernetskyi, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler Ruslan Chernetsky, Belarusian actor and politician Semyon Chernetsky (1881–1950), Soviet military music conductor Sergey Chernetskiy, Russian cyclist