WAR TRAILSOF THE NORTHSUOMI
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Joensuu, Tuupovaara

Joensuu

Period
1939
Category
War cemetery
Location accuracy
Precise location

A war cemetery where those who fell in the wars are buried. 156 graves. Memorial designed by Veikko Jalava. Unveiled 1967.

Entinen kunta: Tuupovaara.

Access and getting there

Osoite: Koulutie 5, 82730 Joensuu. Muistopaikka. Käyttäydy kunnioittavasti ja noudata alueen omia ohjeita.

What happened here

Battles, troop movements and military operations recorded near this site.

  1. 18 June 1941 – 16 July 1941

    Perustamisesta Kollaalle 18.6. - 16.7.1941 Parolaan 23. - 24.6. leiriytyminen Lehijärven ympäristöön Aittovaaraan 2.7. Karjalan Armeijan reserviksi Tuupovaaran Lastujärven ja Loitimojärven väliselle kannakselle yöllä 8./9.7.

    Troop movement · Tuupovaara · 4,1 km

Recorded casualties in the area

Tuupovaara
5

The recorded place of death is usually a parish or village rather than an exact point, so the figure describes the area around the site. Names of the fallen are not shown.

Sotasampo · Kansallisarkisto, menehtyneet 1939–1945

Archive photographs nearby

Wartime photographs taken near this site.

Photographs: SA-kuva, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby

One site is rarely a trip on its own. These are the closest others.

Sources, licences and accuracy

Location accuracy: Precise location

Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)