Kuivajärvi, Suomussalmi
Kuivajärvi
Kuivarvi | |
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Village | |
Orthodox chapel of Kuivajärvi in 1961 | |
Kuivajärvi Location in Finland Kuivajärvi Kuivajärvi (Finland) | |
| Coordinates: 64°38′35″N 30°03′36″E / 64.643°N 30.060°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Kainuu |
| Sub-region | Kehys-Kainuu |
| Municipality | Suomussalmi |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kuivajärvi (Karelian: Kuivajärvi or Kuivarvi) is a village in southeastern Suomussalmi, Finland, near the border with Russia. It is one of three villages in the Kainuu region with a traditionally Karelian-speaking, Orthodox Christian population, along with Hietajärvi and Rimpi.
Kuivajärvi was settled in the late 18th century. Along with Hietajärvi and Rimpi, Kuivajärvi had closer ties to villages in Russian Karelia than to those in Finland until the 1920s, when the border was closed. The village was destroyed during the Winter War, but rebuilt afterwards.