Praskovia Naumovna Arian (Russian: Прасковья Наумовна Ариян (Ариан)), née Belenkaia, (Russian: Беленькая; c. 1864 – 28 March 1949) was a Russian writer, translator, feminist and educator. She founded the annual First Women's Calendar (Pervyi Zhenskii Kalendar − Russian: Первый женский календарь) covering women's issues in Russia and later the First Women’s Technical Institute (Pervyi Zhenskii Politekhnicheskii Institut − Russian: Первый женский политехнический институт). She wrote articles under the pseudonym "Ar." (Russian: Ар.). In the 1930s she taught courses for workers at the Kirov Plant in Leningrad.
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28 March 1949 (aged ) Moscow, Soviet Union
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