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The study examined the graphical expression of the entire childhood autobiographical memory in three samples – Russian, Uzbek and Chinese (N=201) in respect to three types of cultural selves proposed by Kagitcibasi’s model. The data reduction procedure suggested a three-factor solution. Factor 1 loaded the memories of attending social groups and positive emotional bias. Since the Uzbeks got the highest scores on this factor, it was interpreted as a mnemonic database of a heteronomous-related self. Factor 2 combined memories of achievements, vicarious memories and early end of childhood. Since the Chinese got the highest scores on this factor, it was linked to the autonomy-related self. Factor 3 was composed of the abundance of recollections and the early age of the first memory. Since the Russians got the highest scores on this factor, it was attributed to the autonomous-separated self. The findings highlighted the assumption that childhood memories reveal a cultural self.