Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin hargitsi na Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu Chişinău kusan an lalata shi gaba ɗaya. Wannan ya fara ne da mamayar Soviet
da Red Army a ranar 28 ga Yuni, 1940. Yayin da birni ya fara farfadowa daga karɓar iko, wata mummunar girgizar ƙasa ta faru a ranar 10 ga Nuwamba, 1940. Cibiyar girgizar kasa, wacce ta auna 7.3 a kan sikelin Richter, tana gabashin Romania kuma daga baya ta haifar da babbar lalacewa a cikin garin.