Switching language when entering Vim command mode?

Question

vim

Is it possible in Vim to make it so that when switching to command mode, if the input mode was Russian, then it would automatically change to English?

Answer 1

Here is the solution https://habrahabr.ru/post/98393/
In the comments there is a solution for switching the language by ESC:

imap :!setxkbmap us:!setxkbmap us,ru
nmap :!setxkbmap us:!setxkbmap us,ru