diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.cpp
index c127508062..c698fd84d6 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ namespace MWGui
         return MWGui::BookTypesetter::Utf8Span(begin, begin + text.length());
     }
 
+    int getCyrillicIndexPageCount()
+    {
+        // For small font size split alphabet to two columns (2x15 characers), for big font size split it to three
+        // colums (3x10 characters).
+        return Settings::gui().mFontSize < 18 ? 2 : 3;
+    }
+
     typedef TypesetBook::Ptr book;
 
     JournalBooks::JournalBooks(JournalViewModel::Ptr model, ToUTF8::FromType encoding)
@@ -277,13 +284,8 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         // for small font size split alphabet to two columns (2x15 characers), for big font size split it to three
         // colums (3x10 characters).
-        int sectionBreak = 10;
-        mIndexPagesCount = 3;
-        if (Settings::gui().mFontSize < 18)
-        {
-            sectionBreak = 15;
-            mIndexPagesCount = 2;
-        }
+        mIndexPagesCount = getCyrillicIndexPageCount();
+        int sectionBreak = 30 / mIndexPagesCount;
 
         unsigned char ch[3] = { 0xd0, 0x90, 0x00 }; // CYRILLIC CAPITAL A is a 0xd090 in UTF-8
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.hpp
index 2549b2ad5b..3d55135d9c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalbooks.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 namespace MWGui
 {
     MWGui::BookTypesetter::Utf8Span to_utf8_span(std::string_view text);
+    int getCyrillicIndexPageCount();
 
     const MyGUI::Colour journalHeaderColour = MyGUI::Colour(0.60f, 0.00f, 0.00f);
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
index dcc6c423dd..a462ed914d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
@@ -221,14 +221,8 @@ namespace
             // Latin = 26 (13 + 13)
             mIndexRowCount = 13;
             bool isRussian = (mEncoding == ToUTF8::WINDOWS_1251);
-            if (isRussian)
-            {
-                // This should match the logic in createCyrillicJournalIndex
-                if (Settings::gui().mFontSize < 18)
-                    mIndexRowCount = 15; // Cyrillic = 30 (15 + 15)
-                else
-                    mIndexRowCount = 10; // Cyrillic = 30 (10 + 10 + 10)
-            }
+            if (isRussian) // Cyrillic is either (10 + 10 + 10) or (15 + 15)
+                mIndexRowCount = MWGui::getCyrillicIndexPageCount();
 
             mControllerButtons.a = "#{sSelect}";
             mControllerButtons.x = "#{OMWEngine:JournalQuests}";