Career

He first exhibited in 1923. He created a series of portrait busts of war heroes and military figures during the 1940s. At the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels he won a silver medal for his work.

Monuments to his design were erected at Lugansk in 1947; Minsk in 1947; Borodino in 1949; Suzdal in 1950; and Leninogorsk (a monument to Vladimir Lenin) in 1957. Later he exhibited also in Bucharest and Paris.

Azgur devoted much of his time to public activities and to literary work.

Achievements

• In 1940 was admitted to the BSSR Artists Union.
  
  In 1978, Azgur became Hero of Socialist Labour.
  
  For nearly ten years, starting from 1981, he directed the work of a creative studio at the Academy of Arts in Minsk.
  
  Azgur’s works were displayed at numerous exhibitions all over the world, though his first trip abroad was only in 1956.
  
  His home and studio in Minsk is now a museum.