What is "barmin"

Barmin , also transcribed Barmine, is a Russian surname. Notable persons with that surname:

• Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin (1909 – 1993), a Soviet scientist, designer of the rocket launch complexes.
• Alexander Gregory Barmine (1899–1987), a Soviet officer, diplomat, and self-confessed spy, who defected to the West in 1937 and became an official at Voice of America and USIA