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Zair Azgur

Soviet sculptor (1908-1995) · Belarus · On the map · Artists · Died at 87

Zair Isaakovich Azgur was a Soviet and Belarusian sculptor active during the Soviet period. Born in Mogilev Governorate, he studied in that city from 1922 to 1925; from 1925 until 1928 he studied at the Vkhutein in Leningrad. He first exhibited in 1923.

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1995Died18 February 19951992Medal of Francysk SkarynaAward1987Order of Friendship of PeoplesAward1982Medal "Veteran of Labour"Award1978Hero of Socialist LabourAward1973People's Painter of the USSRAward1971Order of the October RevolutionAward1955Order of LeninAward1948Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st classAwardStalin Prize, 2nd degreeAward1946Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"AwardStalin Prize, 2nd degreeAward1943Order of the Red StarAward1940Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1939Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSRAward1908Born15 January 1908

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Medal of Francysk Skaryna1992
Order of Friendship of Peoples1987
Medal "Veteran of Labour"1982
Hero of Socialist Labour1978
Order of Lenin1978
People's Painter of the USSR1973
Order of the October Revolution1971
Order of Lenin1955
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1949
Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class1948
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1948
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1946
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"1946
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"1945
Order of the Red Star1943
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1940
Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR1939

About this person

He was mainly active in Minsk, where among his projects was the creation of reliefs for the opera house. 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 statue of Rabindranath Tagore. Monuments to his design were erected at Luhansk in 1947; Minsk in 1947; Borodino in 1949; Suzdal in 1950; and Leninogorsk - a monument to Vladimir Lenin - in 1957. Later in his career he exhibited in Bucharest and Paris.

Country
Belarus
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1995 · aged 87

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