"Childhoods" was one of the representative works of Khromelov of the Soviet Union and was regarded as a classic in the history of world literature. The following are the highlights: In the novel, Khromelov described the growing process of the protagonist Ivan Karius to show the current situation of children's lives in the Soviet Union and the shadow of childhood. One of them described Ivan's childhood as follows: "They locked me up at home and didn't let me go to school. They said I was playing and not studying. But I know what I want to do. I started learning to read and write. I wrote my first short story and it was praised. They let me out to go to school and become a good child." This description shows that the protagonist Ivan showed his desire for the future and confidence in his own behavior through his own thinking and hard work to fight for freedom and the opportunity to go to school. This was also one of Khromelov's descriptions of the lives of children in the Soviet Union, emphasizing the importance of education and personal self-awareness.