diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.cpp
index a1d74fab6..f3ee8162e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 #include "../mwbase/environment.hpp"
 #include "../mwbase/windowmanager.hpp"
 
-#include "textcolours.hpp"
+#include <components/fontloader/fontloader.hpp>
+#include <components/misc/utf8stream.hpp>
 
+#include "textcolours.hpp"
 
 namespace
 {
@@ -154,8 +156,8 @@ MWGui::BookTypesetter::Utf8Span to_utf8_span (char const * text)
 
 typedef TypesetBook::Ptr book;
 
-JournalBooks::JournalBooks (JournalViewModel::Ptr model) :
-    mModel (model)
+JournalBooks::JournalBooks (JournalViewModel::Ptr model, ToUTF8::FromType encoding) :
+    mModel (model), mEncoding(encoding)
 {
 }
 
@@ -217,34 +219,82 @@ book JournalBooks::createQuestBook (const std::string& questName)
 }
 
 book JournalBooks::createTopicIndexBook ()
+{
+    bool isRussian = (mEncoding == ToUTF8::WINDOWS_1251);
+
+    BookTypesetter::Ptr typesetter = isRussian ? createCyrillicJournalIndex() : createLatinJournalIndex();
+
+    return typesetter->complete ();
+}
+
+BookTypesetter::Ptr JournalBooks::createLatinJournalIndex ()
 {
     BookTypesetter::Ptr typesetter = BookTypesetter::create (92, 250);
 
     typesetter->setSectionAlignment (BookTypesetter::AlignCenter);
 
-    BookTypesetter::Style* body   = typesetter->createStyle ("", MyGUI::Colour::Black);
+    char ch = 'A';
 
+    BookTypesetter::Style* body = typesetter->createStyle ("", MyGUI::Colour::Black);
     for (int i = 0; i < 26; ++i)
     {
-        char ch = 'A' + i;
-
         char buffer [32];
-
         sprintf (buffer, "( %c )", ch);
 
         const MWGui::TextColours& textColours = MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->getTextColours();
         BookTypesetter::Style* style = typesetter->createHotStyle (body, textColours.journalTopic,
                                                                    textColours.journalTopicOver,
-                                                                   textColours.journalTopicPressed, ch);
+                                                                   textColours.journalTopicPressed, (uint32_t) ch);
 
         if (i == 13)
             typesetter->sectionBreak ();
 
         typesetter->write (style, to_utf8_span (buffer));
         typesetter->lineBreak ();
+
+        ch++;
     }
 
-    return typesetter->complete ();
+    return typesetter;
+}
+
+BookTypesetter::Ptr JournalBooks::createCyrillicJournalIndex ()
+{
+    BookTypesetter::Ptr typesetter = BookTypesetter::create (92, 250);
+
+    typesetter->setSectionAlignment (BookTypesetter::AlignCenter);
+
+    BookTypesetter::Style* body = typesetter->createStyle ("", MyGUI::Colour::Black);
+
+    unsigned char ch[2] = {0xd0, 0x90}; // CYRILLIC CAPITAL A is a 0xd090 in UTF-8
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 32; ++i)
+    {
+        char buffer [32];
+        sprintf(buffer, "( %c%c )", ch[0], ch[1]);
+
+        Utf8Stream stream ((char*) ch);
+        uint32_t first = stream.peek();
+
+        const MWGui::TextColours& textColours = MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->getTextColours();
+        BookTypesetter::Style* style = typesetter->createHotStyle (body, textColours.journalTopic,
+                                                                   textColours.journalTopicOver,
+                                                                   textColours.journalTopicPressed, first);
+
+        // Words can not be started with these characters
+        if (i == 26 || i == 28)
+            continue;
+
+        if (i == 15)
+            typesetter->sectionBreak ();
+
+        typesetter->write (style, to_utf8_span (buffer));
+        typesetter->lineBreak ();
+
+        ch[1]++;
+    }
+
+    return typesetter;
 }
 
 BookTypesetter::Ptr JournalBooks::createTypesetter ()
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.hpp
index 8f87825f0..aa36eecdf 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include "bookpage.hpp"
 #include "journalviewmodel.hpp"
 
+#include <components/to_utf8/to_utf8.hpp>
+
 namespace MWGui
 {
     MWGui::BookTypesetter::Utf8Span to_utf8_span (char const * text);
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         typedef TypesetBook::Ptr Book;
         JournalViewModel::Ptr mModel;
 
-        JournalBooks (JournalViewModel::Ptr model);
+        JournalBooks (JournalViewModel::Ptr model, ToUTF8::FromType encoding);
 
         Book createEmptyJournalBook ();
         Book createJournalBook ();
@@ -22,8 +24,12 @@ namespace MWGui
         Book createQuestBook (const std::string& questName);
         Book createTopicIndexBook ();
 
+        ToUTF8::FromType mEncoding;
+
     private:
         BookTypesetter::Ptr createTypesetter ();
+        BookTypesetter::Ptr createLatinJournalIndex ();
+        BookTypesetter::Ptr createCyrillicJournalIndex ();
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalviewmodel.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalviewmodel.cpp
index b5d08eec6..6ff68c9c5 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalviewmodel.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalviewmodel.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <MyGUI_LanguageManager.h>
 
 #include <components/translation/translation.hpp>
+#include <components/misc/stringops.hpp>
+#include <components/misc/utf8stream.hpp>
 
 #include "../mwbase/world.hpp"
 #include "../mwbase/journal.hpp"
@@ -305,18 +307,37 @@ struct JournalViewModelImpl : JournalViewModel
         visitor (toUtf8Span (topic.getName()));
     }
 
-    void visitTopicNamesStartingWith (char character, std::function < void (const std::string&) > visitor) const
+    void visitTopicNamesStartingWith (uint32_t character, std::function < void (const std::string&) > visitor) const
     {
         MWBase::Journal * journal = MWBase::Environment::get().getJournal();
 
         for (MWBase::Journal::TTopicIter i = journal->topicBegin (); i != journal->topicEnd (); ++i)
         {
-            if (i->first [0] != Misc::StringUtils::toLower(character))
+            Utf8Stream stream (i->first.c_str());
+            uint32_t first = toUpper(stream.peek());
+
+            if (first != character)
                 continue;
 
             visitor (i->second.getName());
         }
+    }
+
+    static uint32_t toUpper(uint32_t ch)
+    {
+        // Russian alphabet
+        if (ch >= 0x0430 && ch < 0x0450)
+            ch -= 0x20;
+
+        // Cyrillic IO character
+        if (ch == 0x0451)
+            ch -= 0x50;
+
+        // Latin alphabet
+        if (ch >= 0x61 && ch < 0x80)
+            ch -= 0x20;
 
+        return ch;
     }
 
     struct TopicEntryImpl : BaseEntry <MWDialogue::Topic::TEntryIter, TopicEntry>
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalviewmodel.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalviewmodel.hpp
index 3edde3d31..01dcb49de 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalviewmodel.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalviewmodel.hpp
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ namespace MWGui
         /// provides the name of the topic specified by its id
         virtual void visitTopicName (TopicId topicId, std::function <void (Utf8Span)> visitor) const = 0;
 
-        /// walks over the topics whose names start with the specified character providing the topics name
-        virtual void visitTopicNamesStartingWith (char character, std::function < void (const std::string&) > visitor) const = 0;
+        /// walks over the topics whose names start with the character
+        virtual void visitTopicNamesStartingWith (uint32_t character, std::function < void (const std::string&) > visitor) const = 0;
 
         /// walks over the topic entries for the topic specified by its identifier
         virtual void visitTopicEntries (TopicId topicId, std::function <void (TopicEntry const &)> visitor) const = 0;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
index 3fbe44f95..4b7a789e8 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ namespace
             return getWidget <MWGui::BookPage> (name);
         }
 
-        JournalWindowImpl (MWGui::JournalViewModel::Ptr Model, bool questList)
-            : JournalBooks (Model), JournalWindow()
+        JournalWindowImpl (MWGui::JournalViewModel::Ptr Model, bool questList, ToUTF8::FromType encoding)
+            : JournalBooks (Model, encoding), JournalWindow()
         {
             center();
 
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@ namespace
             Gui::ImageButton* showActiveButton = getWidget<Gui::ImageButton>(ShowActiveBTN);
             Gui::ImageButton* showAllButton = getWidget<Gui::ImageButton>(ShowAllBTN);
             Gui::ImageButton* questsButton = getWidget<Gui::ImageButton>(QuestsBTN);
+
+            Gui::ImageButton* nextButton = getWidget<Gui::ImageButton>(NextPageBTN);
+            if (nextButton->getSize().width == 64)
+            {
+                // english button has a 7 pixel wide strip of garbage on its right edge
+                nextButton->setSize(64-7, nextButton->getSize().height);
+                nextButton->setImageCoord(MyGUI::IntCoord(0,0,64-7,nextButton->getSize().height));
+            }
+
             if (!questList)
             {
                 // If tribunal is not installed (-> no options button), we still want the Topics button available,
@@ -176,6 +185,8 @@ namespace
                 showActiveButton->setVisible(false);
                 showAllButton->setVisible(false);
                 questsButton->setVisible(false);
+
+                adjustButton(TopicsBTN);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -188,33 +199,24 @@ namespace
                 adjustButton(ShowActiveBTN);
                 adjustButton(OptionsBTN);
                 adjustButton(QuestsBTN);
-            }
-
-            Gui::ImageButton* nextButton = getWidget<Gui::ImageButton>(NextPageBTN);
-            if (nextButton->getSize().width == 64)
-            {
-                // english button has a 7 pixel wide strip of garbage on its right edge
-                nextButton->setSize(64-7, nextButton->getSize().height);
-                nextButton->setImageCoord(MyGUI::IntCoord(0,0,64-7,nextButton->getSize().height));
-            }
-
-            adjustButton(TopicsBTN);
-            int topicsWidth = getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(TopicsBTN)->getSize().width;
-            int cancelLeft = getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(CancelBTN)->getPosition().left;
-            int cancelRight = getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(CancelBTN)->getPosition().left + getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(CancelBTN)->getSize().width;
+                adjustButton(TopicsBTN);
+                int topicsWidth = getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(TopicsBTN)->getSize().width;
+                int cancelLeft = getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(CancelBTN)->getPosition().left;
+                int cancelRight = getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(CancelBTN)->getPosition().left + getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(CancelBTN)->getSize().width;
 
-            getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(QuestsBTN)->setPosition(cancelRight, getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(QuestsBTN)->getPosition().top);
+                getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(QuestsBTN)->setPosition(cancelRight, getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(QuestsBTN)->getPosition().top);
 
-            // Usually Topics, Quests, and Cancel buttons have the 64px width, so we can place the Topics left-up from the Cancel button, and the Quests right-up from the Cancel button.
-            // But in some installations, e.g. German one, the Topics button has the 128px width, so we should place it exactly left from the Quests button.
-            if (getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(TopicsBTN)->getSize().width == 64)
-            {
-                getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(TopicsBTN)->setPosition(cancelLeft - topicsWidth, getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(TopicsBTN)->getPosition().top);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                int questLeft = getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(QuestsBTN)->getPosition().left;
-                getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(TopicsBTN)->setPosition(questLeft - topicsWidth, getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(TopicsBTN)->getPosition().top);
+                // Usually Topics, Quests, and Cancel buttons have the 64px width, so we can place the Topics left-up from the Cancel button, and the Quests right-up from the Cancel button.
+                // But in some installations, e.g. German one, the Topics button has the 128px width, so we should place it exactly left from the Quests button.
+                if (topicsWidth == 64)
+                {
+                    getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(TopicsBTN)->setPosition(cancelLeft - topicsWidth, getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(TopicsBTN)->getPosition().top);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    int questLeft = getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(QuestsBTN)->getPosition().left;
+                    getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(TopicsBTN)->setPosition(questLeft - topicsWidth, getWidget<MyGUI::Widget>(TopicsBTN)->getPosition().top);
+                }
             }
 
             mQuestMode = false;
@@ -475,7 +477,7 @@ namespace
             MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->playSound("book page");
         }
 
-        void notifyIndexLinkClicked (MWGui::TypesetBook::InteractiveId character)
+        void notifyIndexLinkClicked (MWGui::TypesetBook::InteractiveId index)
         {
             setVisible (LeftTopicIndex, false);
             setVisible (RightTopicIndex, false);
@@ -488,7 +490,7 @@ namespace
 
             AddNamesToList add(list);
 
-            mModel->visitTopicNamesStartingWith((char) character, add);
+            mModel->visitTopicNamesStartingWith(index, add);
 
             list->adjustSize();
 
@@ -643,9 +645,9 @@ namespace
 }
 
 // glue the implementation to the interface
-MWGui::JournalWindow * MWGui::JournalWindow::create (JournalViewModel::Ptr Model, bool questList)
+MWGui::JournalWindow * MWGui::JournalWindow::create (JournalViewModel::Ptr Model, bool questList, ToUTF8::FromType encoding)
 {
-    return new JournalWindowImpl (Model, questList);
+    return new JournalWindowImpl (Model, questList, encoding);
 }
 
 MWGui::JournalWindow::JournalWindow()
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.hpp
index c9bf0ef0a..62080f72e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include "windowbase.hpp"
 
+#include <components/to_utf8/to_utf8.hpp>
+
 #include <memory>
 
 namespace MWBase { class WindowManager; }
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         JournalWindow();
 
         /// construct a new instance of the one JournalWindow implementation
-        static JournalWindow * create (std::shared_ptr <JournalViewModel> Model, bool questList);
+        static JournalWindow * create (std::shared_ptr <JournalViewModel> Model, bool questList, ToUTF8::FromType encoding);
 
         /// destroy this instance of the JournalWindow implementation
         virtual ~JournalWindow () {};
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index f7009d0df..7142a5ce1 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ namespace MWGui
       , mRestAllowed(true)
       , mFallbackMap(fallbackMap)
       , mShowOwned(0)
+      , mEncoding(encoding)
       , mVersionDescription(versionDescription)
     {
         float uiScale = Settings::Manager::getFloat("scaling factor", "GUI");
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         mGuiModeStates[GM_Console] = GuiModeState(mConsole);
 
         bool questList = mResourceSystem->getVFS()->exists("textures/tx_menubook_options_over.dds");
-        JournalWindow* journal = JournalWindow::create(JournalViewModel::create (), questList);
+        JournalWindow* journal = JournalWindow::create(JournalViewModel::create (), questList, mEncoding);
         mWindows.push_back(journal);
         mGuiModeStates[GM_Journal] = GuiModeState(journal);
         mGuiModeStates[GM_Journal].mCloseSound = "book close";
@@ -2115,5 +2116,4 @@ namespace MWGui
         for (unsigned int i=0; i<mWindows.size(); ++i)
             mWindows[i]->setVisible(visible);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
index 453d55fc3..f84e924aa 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
@@ -531,6 +531,8 @@ namespace MWGui
     
     int mShowOwned;
 
+    ToUTF8::FromType mEncoding;
+
     std::string mVersionDescription;
 
     MWGui::TextColours mTextColours;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/projectilemanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/projectilemanager.cpp
index ede8c34c4..a4a22ea4a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/projectilemanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/projectilemanager.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include <osg/PositionAttitudeTransform>
+#include <osg/ComputeBoundsVisitor>
 
 #include <components/esm/esmwriter.hpp>
 #include <components/esm/projectilestate.hpp>
@@ -202,6 +203,12 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> projectile = mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->getInstance(model, attachTo);
 
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::ComputeBoundsVisitor> boundVisitor = new osg::ComputeBoundsVisitor();
+        projectile->accept(*boundVisitor.get());
+        osg::BoundingBox bb = boundVisitor->getBoundingBox();
+
+        state.mNode->setPivotPoint(bb.center()); 
+
         if (state.mIdMagic.size() > 1)
             for (size_t iter = 1; iter != state.mIdMagic.size(); ++iter)
             {
@@ -316,6 +323,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
         state.mIdArrow = projectile.getCellRef().getRefId();
         state.mCasterHandle = actor;
         state.mAttackStrength = attackStrength;
+        state.mThrown = projectile.get<ESM::Weapon>()->mBase->mData.mType == ESM::Weapon::MarksmanThrown;
 
         MWWorld::ManualRef ref(MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getStore(), projectile.getCellRef().getRefId());
         MWWorld::Ptr ptr = ref.getPtr();
@@ -378,7 +386,6 @@ namespace MWWorld
             static float fTargetSpellMaxSpeed = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getStore().get<ESM::GameSetting>()
                         .find("fTargetSpellMaxSpeed")->getFloat();
             float speed = fTargetSpellMaxSpeed * it->mSpeed;
-
             osg::Vec3f direction = orient * osg::Vec3f(0,1,0);
             direction.normalize();
             osg::Vec3f pos(it->mNode->getPosition());
@@ -458,7 +465,22 @@ namespace MWWorld
             osg::Vec3f newPos = pos + it->mVelocity * duration;
 
             osg::Quat orient;
-            orient.makeRotate(osg::Vec3f(0,1,0), it->mVelocity);
+
+            if (it->mThrown)            
+                orient.set(
+                    osg::Matrixd::rotate(it->mEffectAnimationTime->getTime() * -10.0,osg::Vec3f(0,0,1)) *
+                    osg::Matrixd::rotate(osg::PI / 2.0,osg::Vec3f(0,1,0)) *
+                    osg::Matrixd::rotate(-1 * osg::PI / 2.0,osg::Vec3f(1,0,0)) *
+                    osg::Matrixd::inverse(
+                        osg::Matrixd::lookAt(
+                            osg::Vec3f(0,0,0),
+                            it->mVelocity,
+                            osg::Vec3f(0,0,1))
+                        )
+                    );
+            else
+                orient.makeRotate(osg::Vec3f(0,1,0), it->mVelocity);
+
             it->mNode->setAttitude(orient);
             it->mNode->setPosition(newPos);
 
@@ -596,6 +618,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
                 MWWorld::ManualRef ref(MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getStore(), esm.mId);
                 MWWorld::Ptr ptr = ref.getPtr();
                 model = ptr.getClass().getModel(ptr);
+                state.mThrown = ptr.get<ESM::Weapon>()->mBase->mData.mType == ESM::Weapon::MarksmanThrown;
             }
             catch(...)
             {
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/projectilemanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/projectilemanager.hpp
index 0dfbf6080..ba2fe7a74 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/projectilemanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/projectilemanager.hpp
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
             osg::Vec3f mVelocity;
             float mAttackStrength;
+            bool mThrown;
         };
 
         std::vector<MagicBoltState> mMagicBolts;
diff --git a/components/misc/utf8stream.hpp b/components/misc/utf8stream.hpp
index 760015902..368374a64 100644
--- a/components/misc/utf8stream.hpp
+++ b/components/misc/utf8stream.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
+    Utf8Stream (const char * str) :
+        cur ((unsigned char*) str), nxt ((unsigned char*) str), end ((unsigned char*) str + strlen(str)), val(Utf8Stream::sBadChar())
+    {
+    }
+
     Utf8Stream (std::pair <Point, Point> range) :
         cur (range.first), nxt (range.first), end (range.second), val(Utf8Stream::sBadChar())
     {