Cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1940, a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Romania ta amince da
ultimatum kuma ya ba da yankin ga Tarayyar Soviet, wanda ya tsara shi a cikin Moldavian SSR. Soviets sun fara kamfen don inganta asalin Moldovan a bayyane na sauran masu magana da Romanian, suna amfani da rashin cikakken haɗin Bessarabia a cikin Romania tsakanin yaƙe-yaƙe (duba kuma Moldovenism). Manufofin Soviet na hukuma sun kuma bayyana cewa Romanian da Moldovan harsuna biyu ne daban-daban kuma, don jaddada wannan bambanci, dole ne a rubuta Moldovan a cikin sabon haruffan Cyrillic (Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet) wanda ya dogara da Cyrillic na Rasha, maimakon tsohuwar Cyrillic na Romanian wanda aka daina amfani da shi a karni na 19 a Tsohon Mulkin Romanian kuma a 1917 a Bessarabia.