The book is based on the memoirs of the first immigrants who arrived from different parts of the Soviet Union to the lands of the former East Prussia shortly after the end of World War II. Their stories complement the documents of the time. The reader will get acquainted with all the stages of settlement of the Kaliningrad region: recruitment, moving, first impressions, getting a job, looking for housing, life of the first immigrants, etc. The book also talks about the life of Germans who remained in the new Russian region after the war, about their relationship with Soviet people, about the deportation of the German population to Germany. The book may be of interest to a wide range of readers.