The Altai Republic made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest 2013 in Eskişehir, Turkey. They held a national selection which took place on 21 November 2013, a total of twenty-six singers competed in the selection. On the jury were; Ismet Zaatov – TMB TV Representative, Tatyana Koncheva – Altai State Television General Manager, Oleg Kultuev – Gorniy Altai Media Advertising Agency General Director, Çultuev Alena – Altai State Artist and Moldorov Andrey – Composer. Artur Marljukov was selected by the jury to represent the Altai Republic. On 5 December 2013 the song that Marljukov would sing at the contest was announced as "Altayym Menin" (). Marlujokov qualified for the final of Turkvizyon 2013, the Altai Republic finished in fifth place achieving a score of one-hundred and eighty-nine points.