Sphinx(0.9.9) is configured to work in cp1251. Russian words fully it looking normal, such as "property" but "property" or "housing" to look for refuse.
/etc/sphinx/sphinx.conf:
source src1
{
sql_query_pre = SET NAMES cp1251
sql_query_pre = SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=cp1251
sql_query_pre = SET CHARACTER SET cp1251
sql_query_pre = SET SESSION query_cache_type=OFF
}
index ind1
{
morphology = stem_ru
mlock = 0
docinfo = extern
charset_type = sbcs
html_strip = 1
html_remove_elements = style, script
charset_table = as in the manual
enable_star = 1
}
other options standard