Windmill from the village of Chirsha
Short descriptionThe shattered windmill from the village of Chirsha (Vysokogorsky district, Republic of Tatarstan) was built around 1900s, was located on a historical site. Smock mill with four sails and two pairs of millstones. Sheathed Log construction. Unique details: lever as the sack hoist. Was used as a flour mill (flour).
Condition | The windmill is destroyed, the monument doesn't exist anymore |
Mechanism | Completely destroyed |
Additional description
We did not know that the mill fell down and honestly searched for it in Chirsha in the spring of 2016. But a few months before that the monument had disappeared. It's a pity. It was located forty kilometers away from the big city of Kazan. Besides, its condition was surprising: people wrote scientific articles about it, because the entire mechanism was so well preserved. You can see here or here. Volga region smock will.