since childhood , he was interested in painting, studied clay modeling, studied at the vitebsk art collegets tbilisi. in the thirties, returning to belarus, azgur created sculptural portraits of francis skarina, vasily tipinsky, zmitser kabyadulya, many state and party figures of the soviet union, as well as cultural figures. during the war, azgur worked at the central headquarters of the partisan movement in moscow, where he created a gallery of portraits of war heroes, marshals and military leaders. in 1944, the sculptor was awarded the title of people's artist of the bssr. after returning to minsk, he became the chief artist of the government house. a lot of attention. many of azgur’s works ended up outside belarus, in russia, china, bulgaria, and india. zair azgur proved himself as a writer and illustrator. he is the author of memoirs, unforgettable and what is remembered, as well as articles on art. zaire azgur received almost all awards. which existed in the soviet union, for his creative work he was awarded the orders of lenin, the red star and friendship of peoples, two orders of t