The Great Cemetery of Kuopio ( fi, Kuopion Iso hautausmaa) is a large cemetery located in the Puijo district in

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...

, Finland. The cemetery was founded in 1867 and has been expanded several times in the 20th century. The cemetery is located in the area of Kuopio Cathedral Parish and is also known as the Kuopio City Parish Cemetery. The cemetery is bordered on the south by the Kouvola– Iisalmi railway, on the west by the Blessing Chapels along Karjalankatu and the building of the Finnish Orthodox Church Museum and Ecclesiastical Government, on the north by the Highway 5, and on the east by Puijonkatu street. The cemetery has a graveyard of various faiths established in the early 20th century, in which the Eastern Orthodox population is buried; the cemetery also has a burial place for Russian soldiers – the

Cossacks The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...

of Don – and a memorial chapel built for it in 1912. Perhaps the most famous person buried in the cemetery is

Minna Canth Minna Canth (; born Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnson; 19 March 1844 – 12 May 1897) was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresse ...

, Finnish writer and social activist.Kirjailijan kintereillä: Minna Canthin Kuopio – Lukulamppu
(in Finnish) According to the

Finnish Heritage Agency The Finnish Heritage Agency ( fi, Museovirasto, sv, Museiverket), previously known in English as the National Board of Antiquities, preserves Finland's material cultural heritage: collects, studies and distributes knowledge of it. The agency is a ...

, the Great Cemetery and the Heroes' Park located in the center, in the Multimäki district, represent Finnish cemetery culture in a nationally significant way.

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Iso hautausmaa – Kuopion seurakunnat
(in Finnish)
Kuopion Iso hautausmaa keskustan välittömässä läheisyydessä – Outdooractive
(in Finnish)
Great Cemetery of Kuopio
at Yandex.Maps {{Kuopio Cityscape Kuopio Cemeteries in Finland Lutheran cemeteries in Finland Eastern Orthodox cemeteries Cultural heritage Cemeteries established in the 1860s