Postcard from Russia.

The windmill is known as a "pillar" windmill because it's set on a pillar sunk deep in the ground. It could be rotated to catch the best wind direction. The two story housing structure is built from pine boards and the blades are made of birch. The windmill was used for grinding grain.
Itl was built in 1928, in the village of Volkostrov, by a local peasant,In 1961 it was moved to Kizhi Island and restored to become part of the Open Air Museum preserving and displaying the wooden architecture of northern Russia. It stands in the collection of buildings south of the large churches in the Kizhi Pogost.
Many thanks Valentina for the  appealing Postcrossing meetup postcard with nice stamps.
2016 Stamp-The 1000th Anniversary of the First Code of Laws of Russia - Russian Truth
2017 Stamp-Year of Ecology in Russia