Chernenko akabatana neKomsomol (Communist Youth League) muna 1929, uye akazova nhengo yakazara yeCommunist Party muna 1931. Kubva muna 1930 kusvika muna 1933, akashanda muSoviet border guards pamuganhu weSoviet neChinese. Mushure mekupedza basa rake rechiuto, akadzokera kuKrasnoyarsk semuparidzi. Muna 1933 akashanda muDhipatimendi rePropaganda reNovosyolovsky District Party Committee. Makore mashoma gare gare akasimudzirwa kuve mukuru wedhipatimendi rimwe chetero muUyarsk Raykom. Chernenko akabva asimuka zvishoma nezvishoma kuburikidza neParty ranks, achiva Director weKrasnoyarsk House yeParty Enlightenment, ipapo muna 1939 Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri weDhipatimendi reAgitpropno weKrasnoyarsk Territorial Committee, uye pakupedzisira muna 1941 Munyori weTerritorial Party Committee yePropaganda. Muma1940 akasimbisa hukama hwepedyo naFyodor Kulakov.
Muna 1945