This article focuses on the system of testing the Russian language proficiency, as well as on the knowledge of the history and the legislation basics of the Russian Federation. The subject of this research is the realization by the government bodies, organizations, and other involved actors of the provisions of Paragraph 8, Clause 15.1 of the Federal Law “On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation” (Federal Law #115-FZ of July 25, 2002). The purpose of this work implies offering an overview of the current practice in terms of implementing the indicated requirements in 85 subjects of the Russian Federation for further development of recommendations regarding its improvement. The article provides a look at research results of one of the components of the system employed for linguisticdidactic testing – the regional system of the Russian language testing, the knowledge of history and basics of the Russian legislation. Through the course of this research, there were over 120 regulatory acts analyzed, with 509 respondents involved, 412 of them being employees of organizations authorized to carry out the test, while 97 persons were officers of the regional branches of the Internal Affairs Ministry.