Ashurak was born in Aharodniki, Lida district. He worked at the "Nyoman" glassworks in Byarozawka (Lida district) as a glassblower. He was a local activist of BPF Party and "For Freedom" movement. He repeatedly took part in local and parliamentary elections. He also campaigned against the expansion of the glassworks for ecological reasons and took part in the commemoration of victims of 1863–64 uprising. In 2016, the court fined him for organizing an unauthorized single picket in Byarozawka against the negative environmental effect of the glass wool production. In 2019, he attracted media attention to unauthorized discharge of untreated wastewater into Dzitva river.