Alexander Gregory Barmine

Alexander Gregory Barmine
Born
Alexander Grigoryevich Barmin

(1899-08-16)August 16, 1899
Mogilev, Russian Empire (now Mahilyow, Belarus)
DiedDecember 25, 1987(1987-12-25) (aged 88)
Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
Other namesAlexander Barmine
Occupation(s)Diplomat/spy, propagandist
Employer(s)Soviet GRU, US VOA, USIA
Known forDefection
Spouses
  • Olga Federovna
Edith Kermit Roosevelt
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(m. 1948; div. 1952)​
  • Halyna Barmine
Children5, including Margot Roosevelt
RelativesTheodore Roosevelt (grandfather-in-law)

Alexander Grigoryevich Barmin (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Бармин, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Barmin; August 16, 1899 – December 25, 1987), most commonly Alexander Barmine, was an officer in the Soviet Army and diplomat who fled the purges of the Joseph Stalin era for France and then United States, where he served the US government (including the OSS, VOA, and USIA) and also testified before congressional committees (including the SISS).[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Hudgins, Sharon (2004). The Other Side of Russia. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 5–7. ISBN 978-1-58544-404-5.
  2. ^ Smith, Richard H. (2005). OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency. Globe Pequot Press. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-1-59228-729-1.
  3. ^ Iverem, Esther (December 28, 1987). "Alexander G. Barmine, 88, Dies. Early High-Level Soviet Defector". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
  4. ^ Overseas Information Programs of the U.S.: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee. US GPO. 1952. p. 1452. Retrieved October 30, 2018.