He was born in the village of Yagodnoye, Magadan region in 1951.
In 1974 he graduated from Dagestan Art School named after Jemal.
Since 1970 he has participated in republican, all-Russian and all-union art exhibitions in Moscow, Leningrad, Minsk, Tashkent, Baku, Gorky, Nukus, Rostov, Kazan, Ordzhonikidze.
1975: began work as a production designer in theaters of Dagestan.
1977: personal exhibition in exhibition hall. Makhachkala.
1979: еxhibition of Moscow and of Dagestan artists. Moscow, the exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists.
1981: «Art of Dagestan». Museum of Oriental Art. Moscow.
1982: «Theater painters of Dagestan». Central House of Artists. Moscow.
1983: Quadrennal-83. Czechoslovakia, Prague.
1987: «Artists of the Dagestan Theater». Palace of Artists. Leningrad
1989: «Biennial of the Caspian republics». Baku.
1990: «Artists of the Theater, Film and Television of the Russian Federation». Makhachkala, Union of Artists.
1991: Painting of the Caucasus. Germany. Blankenheim.
1991: «Artists of Europe» Germany. Oldenburg.
1993: «Art Mission». Moscow. Central House of Artists.
1994: еxhibition of modern Dagestani art dedicated to the memory of Eduard Puterbrot in the action «Contraception». Makhachkala. The Union of Artists.
1996: сompetitive exhibition of artists of Dagestan. Makhachkala. Union of Artists.
2001: еxhibition presentation of the album «Circle. Modern artists of Dagestan». In the Museum of Arts named after P.S. Gamzatova, Makhachkala.
2003: exhibition «Collector», «First Gallery», Makhachkala.
2007: exhibition «Port-Petrovsk - Makhachkala», to the 150th anniversary of the city, Museum of the city of Makhachkala. Dagestan.
2008: project «Dynasty», an exhibition of representatives of the artistic dynasty of the Augustovich-Konopatsky-Kolesnikovs, Museum of the History of the City of Makhachkala, Makhachkala.
2012: «Epographic». Urban readings in the museum of the history of the city of Makhachkala, Makhachkala.
2015: personal exhibition «Epographic», museum of the history of the city of Makhachkala, Makhachkala.
2017: exhibition «Musical Instruments of the Peoples of Dagestan». Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists. Makhachkala.
 2017: еxhibition «Artists of Theater and Cinema of Dagestan». A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum. Moscow.
2021: exhibition project Augustovich, Konopatsky, Kolesnikov, Murzabekov. «Family portrait on the background of mountains». The North Caucasus branch of the State Museum of Fine Arts named after Pushkin. Vladikavkaz. Russia.
2021: personal exhibition dedicated to the 70th birthday at the Makhachkala fine arts Museum, Makhachkala.

Yuriy Avgustovich’s works are kept in the art Fund RSFSR, A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, Moscow;
Kherson Regional Museum of Local Lore, Kherson; Republic Museum of ART named after P. Gamzatova, Makhachkala; National Museum of the Republic of Dagestan named after A. Tahoe-Godi, Makhachkala; The First Gallery, Makhachkala; the Museum of the History of the city of Makhachkala, Makhachkala; private and corporate collections in Russia and abroad.