diff --git a/docs/_templates/footer.html b/docs/_templates/footer.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2630fe9c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_templates/footer.html
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{%- extends "!footer.html" %}
+
+{% block extrafooter %}
+  <style>
+    .language-switcher {
+      text-align: center;
+      margin: 1em 0;
+      font-size: 0.9em;
+    }
+    .language-switcher a {
+      margin: 0 0.5em;
+      text-decoration: none;
+      color: #4183c4;
+    }
+    .language-switcher a:hover {
+      text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+    .language-switcher .current-language {
+      margin: 0 0.5em;
+      font-weight: bold;
+      color: #333;
+    }
+  </style>
+  <div class="language-switcher">
+    {% set langs = { "en": "English", "ru": "Русский" } %}
+    {% for code, name in langs.items() %}
+      {% if code == language %}
+        <span class="current-language">{{ name }}</span>
+      {% else %}
+        <a href="/{{ code }}/{{ pagename }}.html">{{ name }}</a>
+      {% endif %}
+      {% if not loop.last %} | {% endif %}
+    {% endfor %}
+  </div>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/docs/_templates/layout.html b/docs/_templates/layout.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..830642369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_templates/layout.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{%- extends "!layout.html" %}
+
+{% block metatags %}
+  {{ super() }}
+  {# point every “/foo” URL at the real site root #}
+  <base href="{{ pathto('', 1) }}" />
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 35cdc158b..f8ab96dfc 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@
 html_static_path = ['_static']
 
 html_sidebars = {
-    "**": ["globaltoc.html", "sourcelink.html", "searchbox.html"]
+    "**": [
+        "globaltoc.html",
+        "sourcelink.html",
+        "searchbox.html",
+        "language_switcher.html",
+    ],
 }
 
 html_theme_options = {