Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1940,
Bessarabia ta kasance tare da Tarayyar Soviet. Kimanin kashi 65% na Bessarabia wani ɓangare ne na Moldova na zamani, tare da yankin Budjak na Ukraine (wani ɓangare na Odessa Oblast) wanda ke rufe yankin gabar teku na kudu, da kuma wani ɓangare na yankin Chernivtsi na Ukraine wanda ke rufe wani yanki a arewa.