diff --git a/sigi/admin/__init__.py b/sigi/admin/__init__.py
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diff --git a/sigi/admin/filterspecs.py b/sigi/admin/filterspecs.py
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+from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.admin.filterspecs import FilterSpec, ChoicesFilterSpec
+from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+
+class AlphabeticFilterSpec(ChoicesFilterSpec):
+    """
+    Adds filtering by first char (alphabetic style) of values in the admin
+    filter sidebar. Set the alphabetic filter in the model field attribute
+    'alphabetic_filter'.
+
+    my_model_field.alphabetic_filter = True
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, f, request, params, model, model_admin):
+        super(AlphabeticFilterSpec, self).__init__(f, request, params, model,
+                                                   model_admin)
+        self.lookup_kwarg = '%s__istartswith' % f.name
+        self.lookup_val = request.GET.get(self.lookup_kwarg, None)
+        values_list = model.objects.values_list(f.name, flat=True).order_by(f.name)
+        # getting the first char of values
+        self.lookup_choices = set(val[0] for val in values_list)
+
+    def choices(self, cl):
+        yield {'selected': self.lookup_val is None,
+                'query_string': cl.get_query_string({}, [self.lookup_kwarg]),
+                'display': _('All')}
+        for val in self.lookup_choices:
+            yield {'selected': smart_unicode(val) == self.lookup_val,
+                    'query_string': cl.get_query_string({self.lookup_kwarg: val}),
+                    'display': val.upper()}
+    def title(self):
+        return _('%(field_name)s that starts with') % \
+            {'field_name': self.field.verbose_name}
+
+# registering the filter
+FilterSpec.filter_specs.insert(0, (lambda f: getattr(f, 'alphabetic_filter', False),
+                                   AlphabeticFilterSpec))
+
+class RangeValuesFilterSpec(FilterSpec):
+    """
+    Adds filtering by ranges of values in the admin filter sidebar.
+    Set range split points in the model field attribute 'list_filter_range'.
+
+    my_model_field.list_filter_range = [100, 200, 300]
+
+    Will define the ranges:
+      my_model_field < 100
+      my_model_field >= 100 AND my_model_field < 200
+      my_model_field >= 200 AND my_model_field < 300
+      my_model_field >= 300
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, f, request, params, model):
+        super(RangeValuesFilterSpec, self).__init__(f, request, params, model)
+        self.field_generic = '%s__' % self.field.name
+        self.parsed_params = dict([(k, v) for k, v in params.items() if k.startswith(self.field_generic)])
+
+        self.links = [(_('All'), {})]
+
+        last_value = None
+        for max_value in sorted(f.list_filter_range):
+            max_value = str(max_value)
+            if last_value == None:
+                label = '&lt; ' + max_value
+                range = {'%s__lt' % f.name: max_value}
+            else:
+                label = last_value + ' - ' + max_value
+                range = {'%s__gte' % self.field.name: last_value, '%s__lt' % f.name: max_value}
+            self.links.append((_(mark_safe(label)), range))
+            last_value = max_value
+        self.links.append((_(mark_safe('&ge; ' + max_value)), {'%s__gte' % f.name: max_value}))
+
+    def choices(self, cl):
+        for title, param_dict in self.links:
+            yield {'selected': self.parsed_params == param_dict,
+                   'query_string': cl.get_query_string(param_dict, [self.field_generic]),
+                   'display': title}
+
+FilterSpec.filter_specs.insert(-1, (lambda f: hasattr(f, 'list_filter_range'),
+                                    RangeValuesFilterSpec))