The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Mon

a people living in southern Burma (more than 400,000) and southwestern Thailand (about 90,000; figures are 1970 estimates). They migrated from Burma to Thailand in the 18th century. The Mon language belongs to the Mon-Khmer group; the written language dates to the sixth century A.D.

The Mon are Buddhists of the southern faction. They are one of the most ancient peoples of Indochina; early states (among them Dvaravati) formed among the Mon. The Burmese penetration of the Mon country from the north began in the late first millennium A.D.; the Burmese destroyed the Mon state in the mid-18th century. The Mon exerted a great cultural influence on the Burmese. Some Mon in Burma are being assimilated by the Burmese and Karen. Their main occupation is irrigated rice cultivation, and crafts (such as pottery-making) are well developed.

REFERENCE

Narody lugo-Vostochnoi Azii. Moscow, 1966.

Møn

an island in the Baltic Sea; part of the Danish archipelago. Area, 218 sq km. It has a low-lying terrain with morainic ridges up to 143 m high. A significant part of the island is under cultivation (grains, sugar beets, and fodder grasses). Stege is Møn’s principal town.

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