Balandin is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aleksei Balandin (1898–1967), Russian/Soviet chemist Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (born 1953), Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Balandin (born 1989), Russian Olympic gymnast Alexander A. Balandin, Russian electrical engineer Dmitriy Balandin (born 1995), Kazakh Olympic swimmer Lev Balandin (1934–1980), Russian swimmer Mikhail Balandin, (1980–2011) Russian Ice-hockey defenceman Russian-language surnames