This article includes the analysis of the short story Children in the shackles of Siberia by Spiridon Vangheli. The work presents the image of a life in which the worlds of the adult and the child merge prismically, being interesting for the adult and the child: „It is a book in which the author expresses his boundless pain towards people, who, despite the hard times, chose to remain human „. The writer remains faithful to the psychological truth, depicting the child’s soul not as an idyllic verse, but as a complex one, dominated by lights and shadows, luminous and demonic forces. The short story „Children in the Chains of Siberia” is current due to the issues addressed, the young generations must know the historical past, the truth about the victims of the Stalinist regime, tragic destinies and the drama of the whole of Bessarabia.