"Childhoods" was a novel by Pavlov of the Soviet Union, first published in 1935. The novel tells the story of the protagonist, Aliosha, from infancy to adulthood. Through his perspective, it shows the social life and family situation of the Soviet Union. The main plot of the novel revolved around Aliosha and his family. It narrated his parents 'marriage, his father's job, his mother's cooking skills, the growth of his siblings, and Aliosha's growth. Through Aliosha's perspective, the author shows the social style, family ethics and family relations of the Soviet Union, as well as many problems faced by people at that time, such as education, employment, poverty, disease and so on. The main purpose of the novel is to explore the influence of family, society, education and other factors on a person's growth and development through a child's growth experience, as well as the relationship between individual and collective, tradition and modern, human and nature. At the same time, the novel also reveals some problems in the Soviet society at that time, such as the education system, family life, social injustice, etc., expressing the author's criticism and reflection on the society at that time.