Miner's Glory () is an honorary badge introduced in the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
in 1956 and continued in
Russia
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. It is an award for the labour achievements of the workers in the
mining industry
Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a la ...
and in some cases, for supporting work (new technologies, fight with disasters, work in adjacent industries, etc.)
It is issued in three degrees: the 1st degree, 2nd degree and the 3rd degree.
It is made of
tombac (
red brass
Gun metal, also known as red brass in the United States, is a type of bronze – an alloy of copper, tin, and zinc. Proportions vary but 88% copper, 8–10% tin, and 2–4% zinc is an approximation. Originally used chiefly for making guns, i ...
),
gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...
, with no
resin
A resin is a solid or highly viscous liquid that can be converted into a polymer. Resins may be biological or synthetic in origin, but are typically harvested from plants. Resins are mixtures of organic compounds, predominantly terpenes. Commo ...
(томпак, золото, без смолы).
Civil awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
Civil awards and decorations of Russia
Mining in the Soviet Union
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