diff --git a/coding/coding_tests/trie_test.cpp b/coding/coding_tests/trie_test.cpp
index 4bed389d6e..f57ba2dfe5 100644
--- a/coding/coding_tests/trie_test.cpp
+++ b/coding/coding_tests/trie_test.cpp
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ struct KeyValuePair
 
   uint32_t GetKeySize() const { return m_key.size(); }
   trie::TrieChar const * GetKeyData() const { return m_key.data(); }
+  uint32_t GetValue() const { return m_value; }
 
   template <class TCont> void SerializeValue(TCont & cont) const
   {
-    cont.resize(4);
-    memcpy(cont.data(), &m_value, 4);
+    cont.resize(sizeof(m_value));
+    memcpy(cont.data(), &m_value, sizeof(m_value));
   }
 
   bool operator == (KeyValuePair const & p) const
@@ -113,6 +114,49 @@ struct MaxValueCalc
   }
 };
 
+class CharValueList
+{
+public:
+  CharValueList(const string & s) : m_string(s) {}
+
+  size_t size() const { return m_string.size(); }
+
+  template <typename SinkT>
+  void Dump(SinkT & sink) const
+  {
+    sink.Write(m_string.data(), m_string.size());
+  }
+
+private:
+  string m_string;
+};
+
+class Uint32ValueList
+{
+public:
+  Uint32ValueList() : m_size(0) {}
+
+  void Append(uint32_t value)
+  {
+    size_t const originalSize = m_value.size();
+    m_value.resize(originalSize + sizeof(value));
+    memcpy(m_value.data() + originalSize, &value, sizeof(value));
+    ++m_size;
+  }
+
+  uint32_t size() const { return m_size; }
+
+  template <typename SinkT>
+  void Dump(SinkT & sink) const
+  {
+    sink.Write(&m_value[0], m_value.size());
+  }
+
+private:
+  vector<uint8_t> m_value;
+  uint32_t m_size;
+};
+
 }  // unnamed namespace
 
 #define ZENC bits::ZigZagEncode
@@ -132,8 +176,9 @@ UNIT_TEST(TrieBuilder_WriteNode_Smoke)
                   "abcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghijabcdefghij", "i4"),
     ChildNodeInfo(true, 5, "a", "5z")
   };
-  trie::builder::WriteNode(sink, 0, 3, "123", 3,
-                           &children[0], &children[0] + ARRAY_SIZE(children));
+
+  CharValueList valueList("123");
+  trie::builder::WriteNode(sink, 0, valueList, &children[0], &children[0] + ARRAY_SIZE(children));
   uint8_t const expected [] =
   {
     BOOST_BINARY(11000101),                                                 // Header: [0b11] [0b000101]
@@ -202,7 +247,9 @@ UNIT_TEST(TrieBuilder_Build)
 
     vector<uint8_t> serial;
     PushBackByteSink<vector<uint8_t> > sink(serial);
-    trie::Build(sink, v.begin(), v.end(), trie::builder::MaxValueEdgeBuilder<MaxValueCalc>());
+    trie::Build<PushBackByteSink<vector<uint8_t> >, typename vector<KeyValuePair>::iterator,
+                trie::builder::MaxValueEdgeBuilder<MaxValueCalc>, Uint32ValueList>(
+        sink, v.begin(), v.end(), trie::builder::MaxValueEdgeBuilder<MaxValueCalc>());
     reverse(serial.begin(), serial.end());
     // LOG(LINFO, (serial.size(), vs));
 
diff --git a/coding/trie_builder.hpp b/coding/trie_builder.hpp
index f14461284c..7f222de854 100644
--- a/coding/trie_builder.hpp
+++ b/coding/trie_builder.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #pragma once
-#include "../coding/byte_stream.hpp"
-#include "../coding/varint.hpp"
+
+#include "byte_stream.hpp"
+#include "varint.hpp"
+
 #include "../base/buffer_vector.hpp"
+
 #include "../std/algorithm.hpp"
 
 // Trie format:
@@ -39,27 +42,25 @@ namespace trie
 {
 namespace builder
 {
-
-template <typename SinkT, typename ChildIterT>
-void WriteNode(SinkT & sink, TrieChar baseChar, uint32_t const valueCount,
-               void const * const valuesDataSize, uint32_t const valuesSize,
-               ChildIterT const begChild, ChildIterT const endChild,
-               bool isRoot = false)
+template <typename SinkT, typename ChildIterT, typename ValueListT>
+void WriteNode(SinkT & sink, TrieChar baseChar, ValueListT & valueList,
+               ChildIterT const begChild, ChildIterT const endChild, bool isRoot = false)
 {
   if (begChild == endChild && !isRoot)
   {
     // Leaf node.
-    sink.Write(valuesDataSize, valuesSize);
+    valueList.Dump(sink);
     return;
   }
   uint32_t const childCount = endChild - begChild;
+  uint32_t const valueCount = valueList.size();
   uint8_t const header = static_cast<uint32_t>((min(valueCount, 3U) << 6) + min(childCount, 63U));
   sink.Write(&header, 1);
   if (valueCount >= 3)
     WriteVarUint(sink, valueCount);
   if (childCount >= 63)
     WriteVarUint(sink, childCount);
-  sink.Write(valuesDataSize, valuesSize);
+  valueList.Dump(sink);
   for (ChildIterT it = begChild; it != endChild; /*++it*/)
   {
     uint8_t header = (it->IsLeaf() ? 128 : 0);
@@ -70,9 +71,9 @@ void WriteNode(SinkT & sink, TrieChar baseChar, uint32_t const valueCount,
     uint32_t const diff0 = bits::ZigZagEncode(int32_t(edge[0] - baseChar));
     if (edgeSize == 1 && (diff0 & ~63U) == 0)
     {
-        header |= 64;
-        header |= diff0;
-        WriteToSink(sink, header);
+      header |= 64;
+      header |= diff0;
+      WriteToSink(sink, header);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -102,20 +103,6 @@ void WriteNode(SinkT & sink, TrieChar baseChar, uint32_t const valueCount,
   }
 }
 
-template <typename SinkT, typename ChildIterT>
-void WriteNodeReverse(SinkT & sink, TrieChar baseChar, uint32_t const valueCount,
-                      void const * const valuesDataSize, uint32_t const valuesSize,
-                      ChildIterT const begChild, ChildIterT const endChild,
-                      bool isRoot = false)
-{
-  typedef buffer_vector<uint8_t, 64> OutStorageType;
-  OutStorageType out;
-  PushBackByteSink<OutStorageType> outSink(out);
-  WriteNode(outSink, baseChar, valueCount, valuesDataSize, valuesSize, begChild, endChild, isRoot);
-  reverse(out.begin(), out.end());
-  sink.Write(out.data(), out.size());
-}
-
 struct ChildInfo
 {
   bool m_isLeaf;
@@ -136,21 +123,35 @@ struct ChildInfo
   uint32_t GetEdgeValueSize() const { return m_edgeValue.size(); }
 };
 
-template <class EdgeBuilderT>
+template <class EdgeBuilderT, class ValueListT>
 struct NodeInfo
 {
   uint64_t m_begPos;
   TrieChar m_char;
   vector<ChildInfo> m_children;
-  buffer_vector<uint8_t, 32> m_values;
-  uint32_t m_valueCount;
+  ValueListT m_valueList;
   EdgeBuilderT m_edgeBuilder;
 
-  NodeInfo() : m_valueCount(0) {}
+  NodeInfo() : m_begPos(0), m_char(0) {}
   NodeInfo(uint64_t pos, TrieChar trieChar, EdgeBuilderT const & edgeBuilder)
-    : m_begPos(pos), m_char(trieChar), m_valueCount(0), m_edgeBuilder(edgeBuilder) {}
+      : m_begPos(pos), m_char(trieChar), m_edgeBuilder(edgeBuilder)
+  {
+  }
 };
 
+template <typename SinkT, typename EdgeBuilderT, typename ValueListT>
+void WriteNodeReverse(SinkT & sink, TrieChar baseChar, NodeInfo<EdgeBuilderT, ValueListT> & node,
+                      bool isRoot = false)
+{
+  typedef buffer_vector<uint8_t, 64> OutStorageType;
+  OutStorageType out;
+  PushBackByteSink<OutStorageType> outSink(out);
+  WriteNode(outSink, baseChar, node.m_valueList, node.m_children.rbegin(), node.m_children.rend(),
+            isRoot);
+  reverse(out.begin(), out.end());
+  sink.Write(out.data(), out.size());
+}
+
 template <typename SinkT, class NodesT>
 void PopNodes(SinkT & sink, NodesT & nodes, int nodesToPop)
 {
@@ -161,9 +162,8 @@ void PopNodes(SinkT & sink, NodesT & nodes, int nodesToPop)
     NodeInfoType & node = nodes.back();
     NodeInfoType & prevNode = nodes[nodes.size() - 2];
 
-    if (node.m_valueCount == 0 && node.m_children.size() <= 1)
+    if (node.m_valueList.size() == 0 && node.m_children.size() <= 1)
     {
-      ASSERT(node.m_values.empty(), ());
       ASSERT_EQUAL(node.m_children.size(), 1, ());
       ChildInfo & child = node.m_children[0];
       prevNode.m_children.push_back(ChildInfo(child.m_isLeaf, child.m_size, node.m_char));
@@ -171,9 +171,7 @@ void PopNodes(SinkT & sink, NodesT & nodes, int nodesToPop)
     }
     else
     {
-      WriteNodeReverse(sink, node.m_char, node.m_valueCount,
-                       node.m_values.data(), node.m_values.size(),
-                       node.m_children.rbegin(), node.m_children.rend());
+      WriteNodeReverse(sink, node.m_char, node);
       prevNode.m_children.push_back(ChildInfo(node.m_children.empty(),
                                               static_cast<uint32_t>(sink.Pos() - node.m_begPos),
                                               node.m_char));
@@ -231,12 +229,12 @@ struct MaxValueEdgeBuilder
 
 }  // namespace builder
 
-template <typename SinkT, typename IterT, class EdgeBuilderT>
+template <typename SinkT, typename IterT, typename EdgeBuilderT, typename ValueListT>
 void Build(SinkT & sink, IterT const beg, IterT const end, EdgeBuilderT const & edgeBuilder)
 {
   typedef buffer_vector<TrieChar, 32> TrieString;
   typedef buffer_vector<uint8_t, 32> TrieValue;
-  typedef builder::NodeInfo<EdgeBuilderT> NodeInfoT;
+  typedef builder::NodeInfo<EdgeBuilderT, ValueListT> NodeInfoT;
 
   buffer_vector<NodeInfoT, 32> nodes;
   nodes.push_back(NodeInfoT(sink.Pos(), DEFAULT_CHAR, edgeBuilder));
@@ -264,12 +262,10 @@ void Build(SinkT & sink, IterT const beg, IterT const end, EdgeBuilderT const &
 
     uint64_t const pos = sink.Pos();
     for (size_t i = nCommon; i < key.size(); ++i)
-      nodes.push_back(builder::NodeInfo<EdgeBuilderT>(pos, key[i], edgeBuilder));
+      nodes.push_back(NodeInfoT(pos, key[i], edgeBuilder));
+    nodes.back().m_valueList.Append(e.GetValue());
 
     e.SerializeValue(value);
-    nodes.back().m_values.insert(nodes.back().m_values.end(),
-                                 value.begin(), value.end());
-    nodes.back().m_valueCount += 1;
     nodes.back().m_edgeBuilder.AddValue(value.data(), value.size());
 
     prevKey.swap(key);
@@ -280,10 +276,7 @@ void Build(SinkT & sink, IterT const beg, IterT const end, EdgeBuilderT const &
   builder::PopNodes(sink, nodes, nodes.size() - 1);
 
   // Write the root.
-  WriteNodeReverse(sink, DEFAULT_CHAR, nodes.back().m_valueCount,
-                   nodes.back().m_values.data(), nodes.back().m_values.size(),
-                   nodes.back().m_children.rbegin(), nodes.back().m_children.rend(),
-                   true);
+  WriteNodeReverse(sink, DEFAULT_CHAR /* baseChar */, nodes.back(), true /* isRoot */);
 }
 
 }  // namespace trie
diff --git a/defines.hpp b/defines.hpp
index 0e949c8e3c..8fec4e0fdb 100644
--- a/defines.hpp
+++ b/defines.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define METADATA_FILE_TAG "meta"
 #define METADATA_INDEX_FILE_TAG "metaidx"
 #define FEATURES_OFFSETS_TABLE_FILE_TAG "offsets"
+#define COMPRESSED_SEARCH_INDEX_FILE_TAG "csdx"
 
 #define ROUTING_MATRIX_FILE_TAG "mercedes"
 #define ROUTING_EDGEDATA_FILE_TAG "daewoo"
diff --git a/indexer/indexer.pro b/indexer/indexer.pro
index c45197d6b5..b227e74d31 100644
--- a/indexer/indexer.pro
+++ b/indexer/indexer.pro
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ SOURCES += \
     search_delimiters.cpp \
     search_index_builder.cpp \
     search_string_utils.cpp \
-    string_file.cpp \
     types_mapping.cpp \
 
 HEADERS += \
@@ -94,6 +93,7 @@ HEADERS += \
     search_string_utils.hpp \
     search_trie.hpp \
     string_file.hpp \
+    string_file_values.hpp \
     tesselator_decl.hpp \
     tree_structure.hpp \
     types_mapping.hpp \
diff --git a/indexer/search_index_builder.cpp b/indexer/search_index_builder.cpp
index 12ca7b4e68..fb1c5cdcaf 100644
--- a/indexer/search_index_builder.cpp
+++ b/indexer/search_index_builder.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "search_trie.hpp"
 #include "search_string_utils.hpp"
 #include "string_file.hpp"
+#include "string_file_values.hpp"
 #include "classificator.hpp"
 #include "feature_visibility.hpp"
 #include "categories_holder.hpp"
@@ -20,15 +21,19 @@
 #include "../coding/writer.hpp"
 #include "../coding/reader_writer_ops.hpp"
 
+#include "../base/assert.hpp"
+#include "../base/timer.hpp"
+#include "../base/scope_guard.hpp"
 #include "../base/string_utils.hpp"
 #include "../base/logging.hpp"
 #include "../base/stl_add.hpp"
 
 #include "../std/algorithm.hpp"
-#include "../std/vector.hpp"
-#include "../std/unordered_map.hpp"
 #include "../std/fstream.hpp"
 #include "../std/initializer_list.hpp"
+#include "../std/limits.hpp"
+#include "../std/unordered_map.hpp"
+#include "../std/vector.hpp"
 
 #define SYNONYMS_FILE "synonyms.txt"
 
@@ -84,20 +89,21 @@ public:
   }
 };
 
+template<typename StringsFileT>
 struct FeatureNameInserter
 {
   SynonymsHolder * m_synonyms;
-  StringsFile & m_names;
-  StringsFile::ValueT m_val;
+  StringsFileT & m_names;
+  typename StringsFileT::ValueT m_val;
 
-  FeatureNameInserter(SynonymsHolder * synonyms, StringsFile & names)
+  FeatureNameInserter(SynonymsHolder * synonyms, StringsFileT & names)
     : m_synonyms(synonyms), m_names(names)
   {
   }
 
   void AddToken(signed char lang, strings::UniString const & s) const
   {
-    m_names.AddString(StringsFile::StringT(s, lang, m_val));
+    m_names.AddString(typename StringsFileT::StringT(s, lang, m_val));
   }
 
 private:
@@ -141,22 +147,19 @@ public:
   }
 };
 
-class FeatureInserter
+template <typename ValueT>
+struct ValueBuilder;
+
+template <>
+struct ValueBuilder<SerializedFeatureInfoValue>
 {
-  SynonymsHolder * m_synonyms;
-  StringsFile & m_names;
-
-  CategoriesHolder const & m_categories;
-
-  typedef StringsFile::ValueT ValueT;
   typedef search::trie::ValueReader SaverT;
   SaverT m_valueSaver;
 
-  pair<int, int> m_scales;
+  ValueBuilder(serial::CodingParams const & cp) : m_valueSaver(cp) {}
 
-
-  void MakeValue(FeatureType const & f, feature::TypesHolder const & types,
-                 uint64_t pos, ValueT & value) const
+  void MakeValue(FeatureType const & f, feature::TypesHolder const & types, uint64_t pos,
+                 SerializedFeatureInfoValue & value) const
   {
     SaverT::ValueType v;
     v.m_featureId = static_cast<uint32_t>(pos);
@@ -166,9 +169,36 @@ class FeatureInserter
     v.m_rank = feature::GetSearchRank(types, v.m_pt, f.GetPopulation());
 
     // write to buffer
-    PushBackByteSink<ValueT> sink(value);
+    PushBackByteSink<SerializedFeatureInfoValue::ValueT> sink(value.m_value);
     m_valueSaver.Save(sink, v);
   }
+};
+
+template <>
+struct ValueBuilder<FeatureIndexValue>
+{
+  void MakeValue(FeatureType const & /* f */, feature::TypesHolder const & /* types */,
+                 uint64_t pos, FeatureIndexValue & value) const
+  {
+    ASSERT_LESS(pos, numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max(), ());
+    value.m_value = static_cast<uint32_t>(pos);
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename StringsFileT>
+class FeatureInserter
+{
+  SynonymsHolder * m_synonyms;
+  StringsFileT & m_names;
+
+  CategoriesHolder const & m_categories;
+
+  typedef typename StringsFileT::ValueT ValueT;
+  typedef search::trie::ValueReader SaverT;
+
+  pair<int, int> m_scales;
+
+  ValueBuilder<ValueT> const & m_valueBuilder;
 
   /// There are 3 different ways of search index skipping:
   /// - skip features in any case (m_skipFeatures)
@@ -276,17 +306,16 @@ class FeatureInserter
   };
 
 public:
-  FeatureInserter(SynonymsHolder * synonyms, StringsFile & names,
-                  CategoriesHolder const & catHolder,
-                  serial::CodingParams const & cp,
-                  pair<int, int> const & scales)
+  FeatureInserter(SynonymsHolder * synonyms, StringsFileT & names,
+                  CategoriesHolder const & catHolder, pair<int, int> const & scales,
+                  ValueBuilder<ValueT> const & valueBuilder)
     : m_synonyms(synonyms), m_names(names),
-      m_categories(catHolder), m_valueSaver(cp), m_scales(scales)
+      m_categories(catHolder), m_scales(scales), m_valueBuilder(valueBuilder)
   {
   }
 
   void operator() (FeatureType const & f, uint64_t pos) const
-  {       
+  {
     feature::TypesHolder types(f);
 
     static SkipIndexing skipIndex;
@@ -297,8 +326,9 @@ public:
 
     // Init inserter with serialized value.
     // Insert synonyms only for countries and states (maybe will add cities in future).
-    FeatureNameInserter inserter(skipIndex.IsCountryOrState(types) ? m_synonyms : 0, m_names);
-    MakeValue(f, types, pos, inserter.m_val);
+    FeatureNameInserter<StringsFileT> inserter(skipIndex.IsCountryOrState(types) ? m_synonyms : 0,
+                                               m_names);
+    m_valueBuilder.MakeValue(f, types, pos, inserter.m_val);
 
     // Skip types for features without names.
     if (!f.ForEachNameRef(inserter))
@@ -332,6 +362,41 @@ public:
   }
 };
 
+template <typename FeatureInserterT>
+struct FeatureInserterAdapter
+{
+  FeatureInserterAdapter(FeatureInserterT & inserter) : m_inserter(inserter), m_index(0) {}
+
+  void operator()(FeatureType const & f, uint64_t pos)
+  {
+    m_inserter(f, m_index++);
+  }
+
+  FeatureInserterT & m_inserter;
+  uint64_t m_index;
+};
+
+void AddFeatureNameIndexPairs(FilesContainerR const & container,
+                              CategoriesHolder & categoriesHolder,
+                              StringsFile<FeatureIndexValue> & stringsFile)
+{
+  feature::DataHeader header;
+  header.Load(container.GetReader(HEADER_FILE_TAG));
+  FeaturesVector features(container, header);
+
+  ValueBuilder<FeatureIndexValue> valueBuilder;
+
+  unique_ptr<SynonymsHolder> synonyms;
+  if (header.GetType() == feature::DataHeader::world)
+    synonyms.reset(new SynonymsHolder(GetPlatform().WritablePathForFile(SYNONYMS_FILE)));
+
+  FeatureInserter<StringsFile<FeatureIndexValue>> inserter(
+      synonyms.get(), stringsFile, categoriesHolder, header.GetScaleRange(), valueBuilder);
+
+  FeatureInserterAdapter<FeatureInserter<StringsFile<FeatureIndexValue>>> adapter(inserter);
+  features.ForEachOffset(adapter);
+}
+
 void BuildSearchIndex(FilesContainerR const & cont, CategoriesHolder const & catHolder,
                       Writer & writer, string const & tmpFilePath)
 {
@@ -341,30 +406,33 @@ void BuildSearchIndex(FilesContainerR const & cont, CategoriesHolder const & cat
     FeaturesVector featuresV(cont, header);
 
     serial::CodingParams cp(search::GetCPForTrie(header.GetDefCodingParams()));
+    ValueBuilder<SerializedFeatureInfoValue> valueBuilder(cp);
 
     unique_ptr<SynonymsHolder> synonyms;
     if (header.GetType() == feature::DataHeader::world)
       synonyms.reset(new SynonymsHolder(GetPlatform().WritablePathForFile(SYNONYMS_FILE)));
 
-    StringsFile names(tmpFilePath);
+    StringsFile<SerializedFeatureInfoValue> names(tmpFilePath);
 
-    featuresV.ForEachOffset(FeatureInserter(synonyms.get(), names,
-                                            catHolder, cp, header.GetScaleRange()));
+    featuresV.ForEachOffset(FeatureInserter<StringsFile<SerializedFeatureInfoValue>>(
+        synonyms.get(), names, catHolder, header.GetScaleRange(), valueBuilder));
 
     names.EndAdding();
     names.OpenForRead();
 
-    trie::Build(writer, names.Begin(), names.End(), trie::builder::EmptyEdgeBuilder());
+    trie::Build<Writer, typename StringsFile<SerializedFeatureInfoValue>::IteratorT,
+                trie::builder::EmptyEdgeBuilder, ValueList<SerializedFeatureInfoValue>>(
+        writer, names.Begin(), names.End(), trie::builder::EmptyEdgeBuilder());
 
     // at this point all readers of StringsFile should be dead
   }
 
   FileWriter::DeleteFileX(tmpFilePath);
 }
+}  // namespace
 
-}
-
-bool indexer::BuildSearchIndexFromDatFile(string const & datFile, bool forceRebuild)
+namespace indexer {
+bool BuildSearchIndexFromDatFile(string const & datFile, bool forceRebuild)
 {
   LOG(LINFO, ("Start building search index. Bits = ", search::POINT_CODING_BITS));
 
@@ -412,3 +480,74 @@ bool indexer::BuildSearchIndexFromDatFile(string const & datFile, bool forceRebu
   LOG(LINFO, ("End building search index."));
   return true;
 }
+
+bool AddCompresedSearchIndexSection(string const & fName, bool forceRebuild)
+{
+  Platform & platform = GetPlatform();
+
+  FilesContainerR readContainer(platform.GetReader(fName));
+  if (readContainer.IsExist(COMPRESSED_SEARCH_INDEX_FILE_TAG) && !forceRebuild)
+    return true;
+
+  string const indexFile = platform.WritablePathForFile("compressed-search-index.tmp");
+  MY_SCOPE_GUARD(indexFileGuard, bind(&FileWriter::DeleteFileX, indexFile));
+
+  try
+  {
+    {
+      FileWriter indexWriter(indexFile);
+      BuildCompressedSearchIndex(readContainer, indexWriter);
+    }
+    {
+      FilesContainerW writeContainer(readContainer.GetFileName(), FileWriter::OP_WRITE_EXISTING);
+      FileWriter writer = writeContainer.GetWriter(COMPRESSED_SEARCH_INDEX_FILE_TAG);
+      rw_ops::Reverse(FileReader(indexFile), writer);
+    }
+  }
+  catch (Reader::Exception const & e)
+  {
+    LOG(LERROR, ("Error while reading file: ", e.Msg()));
+    return false;
+  }
+  catch (Writer::Exception const & e)
+  {
+    LOG(LERROR, ("Error writing index file: ", e.Msg()));
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+void BuildCompressedSearchIndex(FilesContainerR & container, Writer & indexWriter)
+{
+  Platform & platform = GetPlatform();
+
+  LOG(LINFO, ("Start building compressed search index for", container.GetFileName()));
+  my::Timer timer;
+
+  string stringsFilePath = platform.WritablePathForFile("strings.tmp");
+  StringsFile<FeatureIndexValue> stringsFile(stringsFilePath);
+  MY_SCOPE_GUARD(stringsFileGuard, bind(&FileWriter::DeleteFileX, stringsFilePath));
+
+  CategoriesHolder categoriesHolder(platform.GetReader(SEARCH_CATEGORIES_FILE_NAME));
+
+  AddFeatureNameIndexPairs(container, categoriesHolder, stringsFile);
+
+  stringsFile.EndAdding();
+
+  LOG(LINFO, ("End sorting strings:", timer.ElapsedSeconds()));
+
+  stringsFile.OpenForRead();
+  trie::Build<Writer, typename StringsFile<FeatureIndexValue>::IteratorT,
+              trie::builder::EmptyEdgeBuilder, ValueList<FeatureIndexValue>>(
+      indexWriter, stringsFile.Begin(), stringsFile.End(), trie::builder::EmptyEdgeBuilder());
+
+  LOG(LINFO, ("End building compressed search index, elapsed seconds:", timer.ElapsedSeconds()));
+}
+
+void BuildCompressedSearchIndex(string const & fName, Writer & indexWriter)
+{
+  FilesContainerR container(GetPlatform().GetReader(fName));
+  BuildCompressedSearchIndex(container, indexWriter);
+}
+}  // namespace indexer
diff --git a/indexer/search_index_builder.hpp b/indexer/search_index_builder.hpp
index 41ea88b8cb..c661a6ebb4 100644
--- a/indexer/search_index_builder.hpp
+++ b/indexer/search_index_builder.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 #pragma once
+
 #include "../std/string.hpp"
 
+class FilesContainerR;
+class Writer;
 
 namespace indexer
 {
-  bool BuildSearchIndexFromDatFile(string const & fName, bool forceRebuild = false);
-}
+bool BuildSearchIndexFromDatFile(string const & fName, bool forceRebuild = false);
+
+bool AddCompresedSearchIndexSection(string const & fName, bool forceRebuild);
+
+void BuildCompressedSearchIndex(FilesContainerR & container, Writer & indexWriter);
+
+void BuildCompressedSearchIndex(string const & fName, Writer & indexWriter);
+}  // namespace indexer
diff --git a/indexer/string_file.cpp b/indexer/string_file.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bfb1ee8c7..0000000000
--- a/indexer/string_file.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-#include "string_file.hpp"
-
-#include "../std/algorithm.hpp"
-#include "../std/bind.hpp"
-
-
-template <class TWriter>
-StringsFile::IdT StringsFile::StringT::Write(TWriter & writer) const
-{
-  IdT const pos = static_cast<IdT>(writer.Pos());
-  CHECK_EQUAL(static_cast<uint64_t>(pos), writer.Pos(), ());
-
-  rw::Write(writer, m_name);
-  rw::WriteVectorOfPOD(writer, m_val);
-
-  return pos;
-}
-
-template <class TReader>
-void StringsFile::StringT::Read(TReader & src)
-{
-  rw::Read(src, m_name);
-  rw::ReadVectorOfPOD(src, m_val);
-}
-
-bool StringsFile::StringT::operator < (StringT const & name) const
-{
-  if (m_name != name.m_name)
-    return (m_name < name.m_name);
-
-  return (m_val < name.m_val);
-}
-
-bool StringsFile::StringT::operator == (StringT const & name) const
-{
-  return (m_name == name.m_name && m_val == name.m_val);
-}
-
-void StringsFile::AddString(StringT const & s)
-{
-#ifdef OMIM_OS_DESKTOP
-  size_t const maxSize = 1000000;
-#else
-  size_t const maxSize = 30000;
-#endif
-
-  if (m_strings.size() >= maxSize)
-    Flush();
-
-  m_strings.push_back(s);
-}
-
-bool StringsFile::IteratorT::IsEnd() const
-{
-  return m_file.m_queue.empty();
-}
-
-StringsFile::StringT StringsFile::IteratorT::dereference() const
-{
-  ASSERT ( IsValid(), () );
-  return m_file.m_queue.top().m_string;
-}
-
-void StringsFile::IteratorT::increment()
-{
-  ASSERT ( IsValid(), () );
-  int const index = m_file.m_queue.top().m_index;
-
-  m_file.m_queue.pop();
-
-  if (!m_file.PushNextValue(index))
-    m_end = IsEnd();
-}
-
-StringsFile::StringsFile(string const & fPath)
-  : m_workerThread(1 /* maxTasks */)
-{
-  m_writer.reset(new FileWriter(fPath));
-}
-
-void StringsFile::Flush()
-{
-  shared_ptr<SortAndDumpStringsTask> task(
-      new SortAndDumpStringsTask(*m_writer, m_offsets, m_strings));
-  m_workerThread.Push(task);
-}
-
-bool StringsFile::PushNextValue(size_t i)
-{
-  // reach the end of the portion file
-  if (m_offsets[i].first >= m_offsets[i].second)
-    return false;
-
-  // init source to needed offset
-  ReaderSource<FileReader> src(*m_reader);
-  src.Skip(m_offsets[i].first);
-
-  // read string
-  StringT s;
-  s.Read(src);
-
-  // update offset
-  m_offsets[i].first = src.Pos();
-
-  // push value to queue
-  m_queue.push(QValue(s, i));
-  return true;
-}
-
-void StringsFile::EndAdding()
-{
-  Flush();
-
-  m_workerThread.RunUntilIdleAndStop();
-
-  m_writer->Flush();
-}
-
-void StringsFile::OpenForRead()
-{
-  string const fPath = m_writer->GetName();
-  m_writer.reset();
-
-  m_reader.reset(new FileReader(fPath));
-
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < m_offsets.size(); ++i)
-    PushNextValue(i);
-}
diff --git a/indexer/string_file.hpp b/indexer/string_file.hpp
index d6f4b2ad7a..2651394cd5 100644
--- a/indexer/string_file.hpp
+++ b/indexer/string_file.hpp
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 #include "../std/functional.hpp"
 #include "../std/unique_ptr.hpp"
 
-
+template <typename TValue>
 class StringsFile
 {
 public:
-  typedef buffer_vector<uint8_t, 32> ValueT;
-  typedef uint32_t IdT;
+  using ValueT = TValue;
+  using IdT = uint32_t;
 
   class StringT
   {
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@ public:
 
   public:
     StringT() {}
-    StringT(strings::UniString const & name, signed char lang, ValueT const & val)
-      : m_val(val)
+    StringT(strings::UniString const & name, signed char lang, ValueT const & val) : m_val(val)
     {
       m_name.reserve(name.size() + 1);
       m_name.push_back(static_cast<uint8_t>(lang));
       m_name.append(name.begin(), name.end());
     }
 
+    StringT(strings::UniString const & langName, ValueT const & val) : m_name(langName), m_val(val)
+    {
+    }
+
     uint32_t GetKeySize() const { return m_name.size(); }
     uint32_t const * GetKeyData() const { return m_name.data(); }
 
@@ -43,16 +46,42 @@ public:
 
     ValueT const & GetValue() const { return m_val; }
 
-    template <class TCont> void SerializeValue(TCont & cont) const
+    bool operator<(StringT const & name) const
     {
-      cont.assign(m_val.begin(), m_val.end());
+      if (m_name != name.m_name)
+        return m_name < name.m_name;
+      return m_val < name.m_val;
     }
 
-    bool operator < (StringT const & name) const;
-    bool operator == (StringT const & name) const;
+    bool operator==(StringT const & name) const
+    {
+      return m_name == name.m_name && m_val == name.m_val;
+    }
 
-    template <class TWriter> IdT Write(TWriter & writer) const;
-    template <class TReader> void Read(TReader & src);
+    template <class TWriter>
+    IdT Write(TWriter & writer) const
+    {
+      IdT const pos = static_cast<IdT>(writer.Pos());
+      CHECK_EQUAL(static_cast<uint64_t>(pos), writer.Pos(), ());
+
+      rw::Write(writer, m_name);
+      m_val.Write(writer);
+
+      return pos;
+    }
+
+    template <class TReader>
+    void Read(TReader & src)
+    {
+      rw::Read(src, m_name);
+      m_val.Read(src);
+    }
+
+    template <class TCont>
+    void SerializeValue(TCont & cont) const
+    {
+      m_val.Serialize(cont);
+    }
 
     void Swap(StringT & r)
     {
@@ -98,7 +127,7 @@ public:
         trie.ForEach([&memWriter](const strings::UniString & s, const ValueT & v)
                      {
                        rw::Write(memWriter, s);
-                       rw::WriteVectorOfPOD(memWriter, v);
+                       v.Write(memWriter);
                      });
       }
 
@@ -126,8 +155,7 @@ public:
     inline bool IsValid() const { return (!m_end && !IsEnd()); }
 
   public:
-    IteratorT(StringsFile & file, bool isEnd)
-      : m_file(file), m_end(isEnd)
+    IteratorT(StringsFile & file, bool isEnd) : m_file(file), m_end(isEnd)
     {
       // Additional check in case for empty sequence.
       if (!m_end)
@@ -173,8 +201,104 @@ private:
 
     QValue(StringT const & s, size_t i) : m_string(s), m_index(i) {}
 
-    inline bool operator > (QValue const & rhs) const { return !(m_string < rhs.m_string); }
+    inline bool operator>(QValue const & rhs) const { return !(m_string < rhs.m_string); }
   };
 
-  priority_queue<QValue, vector<QValue>, greater<QValue> > m_queue;
+  priority_queue<QValue, vector<QValue>, greater<QValue>> m_queue;
 };
+
+template <typename ValueT>
+void StringsFile<ValueT>::AddString(StringT const & s)
+{
+  size_t const maxSize = 1000000;
+
+  if (m_strings.size() >= maxSize)
+    Flush();
+
+  m_strings.push_back(s);
+}
+
+template <typename ValueT>
+bool StringsFile<ValueT>::IteratorT::IsEnd() const
+{
+  return m_file.m_queue.empty();
+}
+
+template <typename ValueT>
+typename StringsFile<ValueT>::StringT StringsFile<ValueT>::IteratorT::dereference() const
+{
+  ASSERT(IsValid(), ());
+  return m_file.m_queue.top().m_string;
+}
+
+template <typename ValueT>
+void StringsFile<ValueT>::IteratorT::increment()
+{
+  ASSERT(IsValid(), ());
+  int const index = m_file.m_queue.top().m_index;
+
+  m_file.m_queue.pop();
+
+  if (!m_file.PushNextValue(index))
+    m_end = IsEnd();
+}
+
+template <typename ValueT>
+StringsFile<ValueT>::StringsFile(string const & fPath)
+    : m_workerThread(1 /* maxTasks */)
+{
+  m_writer.reset(new FileWriter(fPath));
+}
+
+template <typename ValueT>
+void StringsFile<ValueT>::Flush()
+{
+  shared_ptr<SortAndDumpStringsTask> task(
+      new SortAndDumpStringsTask(*m_writer, m_offsets, m_strings));
+  m_workerThread.Push(task);
+}
+
+template <typename ValueT>
+bool StringsFile<ValueT>::PushNextValue(size_t i)
+{
+  // reach the end of the portion file
+  if (m_offsets[i].first >= m_offsets[i].second)
+    return false;
+
+  // init source to needed offset
+  ReaderSource<FileReader> src(*m_reader);
+  src.Skip(m_offsets[i].first);
+
+  // read string
+  StringT s;
+  s.Read(src);
+
+  // update offset
+  m_offsets[i].first = src.Pos();
+
+  // push value to queue
+  m_queue.push(QValue(s, i));
+  return true;
+}
+
+template <typename ValueT>
+void StringsFile<ValueT>::EndAdding()
+{
+  Flush();
+
+  m_workerThread.RunUntilIdleAndStop();
+
+  m_writer->Flush();
+}
+
+template <typename ValueT>
+void StringsFile<ValueT>::OpenForRead()
+{
+  string const fPath = m_writer->GetName();
+  m_writer.reset();
+
+  m_reader.reset(new FileReader(fPath));
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < m_offsets.size(); ++i)
+    PushNextValue(i);
+}
diff --git a/indexer/string_file_values.hpp b/indexer/string_file_values.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0da9deecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/indexer/string_file_values.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../coding/compressed_bit_vector.hpp"
+#include "../coding/read_write_utils.hpp"
+#include "../coding/write_to_sink.hpp"
+
+#include "../base/assert.hpp"
+
+#include "../std/algorithm.hpp"
+
+/// Following classes are supposed to be used with StringsFile. They
+/// allow to write/read them, compare or serialize to an in-memory
+/// buffer. The reason to use these classes instead of
+/// buffer_vector<uint8_t, N> is that in some specific cases, like
+/// compressed search index construction, they allow to avoid
+/// redundant serialization-deserialization or sorting.
+
+/// A wrapper around feature index.
+struct FeatureIndexValue
+{
+  FeatureIndexValue() : m_value(0) {}
+
+  template <typename TWriter>
+  void Write(TWriter & writer) const
+  {
+    WriteToSink(writer, m_value);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TReader>
+  void Read(TReader & reader)
+  {
+    m_value = ReadPrimitiveFromSource<uint32_t>(reader);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TCont>
+  void Serialize(TCont & cont) const
+  {
+    cont.resize(sizeof(m_value));
+    memcpy(cont.data(), &m_value, sizeof(m_value));
+  }
+
+  bool operator<(FeatureIndexValue const & value) const { return m_value < value.m_value; }
+
+  bool operator==(FeatureIndexValue const & value) const { return m_value == value.m_value; }
+
+  void swap(FeatureIndexValue & value) { ::swap(m_value, value.m_value); }
+
+  uint32_t m_value;
+};
+
+/// A wrapper around serialized SaverT::ValueType.
+struct SerializedFeatureInfoValue
+{
+  using ValueT = buffer_vector<uint8_t, 32>;
+
+  template <typename TWriter>
+  void Write(TWriter & writer) const
+  {
+    rw::WriteVectorOfPOD(writer, m_value);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TReader>
+  void Read(TReader & reader)
+  {
+    rw::ReadVectorOfPOD(reader, m_value);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TCont>
+  void Serialize(TCont & cont) const
+  {
+    cont.assign(m_value.begin(), m_value.end());
+  }
+
+  bool operator<(SerializedFeatureInfoValue const & value) const { return m_value < value.m_value; }
+
+  bool operator==(SerializedFeatureInfoValue const & value) const
+  {
+    return m_value == value.m_value;
+  }
+
+  void swap(SerializedFeatureInfoValue & value) { m_value.swap(value.m_value); }
+
+  ValueT m_value;
+};
+
+/// This template is used to accumulate and serialize a group of
+/// values of the same type.
+template <typename Value>
+class ValueList;
+
+/// ValueList<FeatureIndexValue> serializes a group of features
+/// indices as a compressed bit vector, thus, allowing us to save a
+/// disk space.
+template <>
+class ValueList<FeatureIndexValue>
+{
+public:
+  void Append(FeatureIndexValue const & value)
+  {
+    // External-memory trie adds <string, value> pairs in a sorted
+    // order, thus, values are supposed to be accumulated in a
+    // sorted order, and we can avoid sorting them before construction
+    // of a CompressedBitVector.
+    ASSERT(m_offsets.empty() || m_offsets.back() <= value.m_value, ());
+    if (!m_offsets.empty() && m_offsets.back() == value.m_value)
+      return;
+    m_offsets.push_back(value.m_value);
+  }
+
+  size_t size() const { return m_offsets.empty() ? 0 : 1; }
+
+  template <typename SinkT>
+  void Dump(SinkT & sink) const
+  {
+    vector<uint8_t> buffer;
+    MemWriter<vector<uint8_t>> writer(buffer);
+    BuildCompressedBitVector(writer, m_offsets);
+    sink.Write(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
+  }
+
+private:
+  vector<uint32_t> m_offsets;
+};
+
+/// ValueList<SerializedFeatureInfoValue> sequentially serializes
+/// encoded features infos.
+template <>
+class ValueList<SerializedFeatureInfoValue>
+{
+public:
+  ValueList() : m_size(0) {}
+
+  void Append(SerializedFeatureInfoValue const & value)
+  {
+    m_value.insert(m_value.end(), value.m_value.begin(), value.m_value.end());
+    ++m_size;
+  }
+
+  size_t size() const { return m_size; }
+
+  template <typename SinkT>
+  void Dump(SinkT & sink) const
+  {
+    sink.Write(m_value.data(), m_value.size());
+  }
+
+private:
+  buffer_vector<uint8_t, 32> m_value;
+  uint32_t m_size;
+};