On the basis of archival materials of the State Archive of the Russian Federation and the United State Archive of the Chelyabinsk Region the process of the activitiy of the commissioner of SDRPTS of the USSR in the Chelyabinsk region in the late Stalinism in 1948-1953 is examined. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the main areas of the activity of the commissioner: work with the faithful petitions on opening of churches and prayer houses, reception of visitors. Specific examples of work in the reviewed period are given; the analysis of the relationship of the clergy with the commissioner and bishops (Archbishop Alexy and Bishop Toviey); specific problems in the commissioner activity are presented related to the activities of the Orthodox community in the Chelyabinsk region in the reviewed period. The analysis of the relationship of the commissioner with local party and government bodies, as well as directly with the Council for the ROC is given.