Kalevankangas Cemetery
Kalevankangas Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kalevanharju district within the city of Tampere, Finland.
History
The Kalevankangas Cemetery was consecrated in 1880.During the Battle of Tampere, Kalevankangas was the scene of much conflict. The first goal of the White Guard had been to take Kalevankangas, the barrack area and the graveyard. The Swedish volunteers were on the right, and the Jägers were on the left. The Reds were protected by the gravestones and White veterans would later recall that it seemed nearly impossible to get to them. The Battle of Tampere was the bloodiest battle of the entire Finnish Civil War, and the bloodiest in Finnish history at that point in time. Kalevankangas Cemetery still has headstones that have been shattered, or which have bullet holes. The killed Reds and those who later died in the Tampere camp were buried in a mass grave of 2,700 people.
In 1928, a memorial was erected to remember the victims of the Imatra cinema fire of 1927, which claimed 21 lives.
Notable interments
- Hugo Salmela
- Georgij Bulatsel
- Verner Järvinen
- Aaro Pajari
- Emil Aaltonen
- Bertel Strömmer
- Lauri Viita
- Jarmo Wasama
- Vilho Tuulos
- Julius Saaristo
- Arvo Tuominen
- Matti Järvinen
- Vera Telenius
- Hans Wind
- Vili Auvinen
- Jorma Karhunen
- Veikko Sinisalo
- Kikka Sirén
- Juice Leskinen
- Markku Peltola
- Helge Perälä
- Mirkka Rekola