Kuivajärvi, Suomussalmi

Kuivajärvi
Kuivarvi
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 / 64.643; 30.060
Country Finland
RegionKainuu
Sub-regionKehys-Kainuu
MunicipalitySuomussalmi
Time zoneUTC+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.