The essential oil of an endemic (Kazakhstan) species of Artemisia filatovii, A. kurpijanov sp. nov. (Filatov wormwood), was analyzed by gas chromatog. on a capillary column with preliminary separation into fractions using adsorption chromatog. on aluminum oxide.The components of A. filatovii essential oil differ from those of A. glabella Kar. et Kir. and A. obtusiloba Ldb.