Charts the resettlement of the Ukrainian capital after Nazi occupation and the returning Soviet rulers' efforts to retain political legitimacy.

Introduction
"The Capital Is Being Settled All Over Again": Resettlement from Fall 1943 to Fall 1944
"There Was No Real Battle against Illegal Entry": Resettlement from Fall 1944 to Fall 1946
"People Are Going for the Party Who Are Forcing Us to Be Justifiably Careful": The Reassembled Elite
"A Textual Implementation of the Law . . . Was Not Carried Out": The Reassembled Masses
"The State's Dignity Is Higher Than His Own Dignity": The Relegitimization of Soviet Power
"Tashkent Partisans" and "German Bitches": Relationships with Soviet Power
Conclusion
Notes
Index