Monument Miner's Glory, Bronze monument near Central Park in Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

Miner's Glory is a bronze statue at the main entrance of Central Park of Culture and Recreation in Karaganda, depicting two miners hoisting a coal seam above their heads. The figures rest on a concrete base dressed in polished granite blocks.

A 1969 all-Union competition drew eleven entries, including sculptors from Minsk, Sverdlovsk and Alma-Ata; the project by sculptor A. Bilyk and architect A. Malkov won. Bilyk spent a year on the sculpture in Moscow, in the workshop of sculptor Merkulov, and the monument was finally installed in 1974. It marked the Karaganda coal basin's production of two million tons of coal.

The two miners are a composite image: no one posed for Bilyk, who instead went down shaft No. 31 to sketch miners at work. He said the timbermen holding up the seam struck him most, and that upward effort is what the sculpture expresses.

The monument sits right at the park entrance, making it easy to spot and serving as a clear landmark for orientation. The location works well for photos, particularly during early morning or late afternoon when lighting is most favorable.

The sculptor Anatoly Bilyk worked a full year on the figures in Moscow, in the studio of the sculptor Merkulov, after his project won a 1969 all-Union competition against 11 entries, among them sculptors from Minsk, Sverdlovsk and Alma-Ata. The finished monument travelled to Moscow and Leningrad before reaching Karaganda, and the granite blocks of its plinth were cut in Alma-Ata.