Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1940, sakamakon yarjejeniyar Molotov-Ribbentrop, an tilasta Romania ta ba da Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina
zuwa Tarayyar Soviet, wanda ya haifar da ƙirƙirar Jamhuriyar Soviet Socialist ta Moldavian (Moldavian SSR), wanda ya haɗa da mafi yawan Bessarabia da kuma yankin yammacin tsohuwar MASSR (gabashin Kogin Dniester). A ranar 27 ga Agusta 1991, yayin da aka rushe Tarayyar Soviet, Moldavian SSR ta ayyana 'yancin kai kuma ta ɗauki sunan Moldova. An amince da kundin tsarin mulkin Moldova a shekarar 1994. Yankin yankin Moldova a gabar gabashin Dniester yana ƙarƙashin ikon "a zahiri" na gwamnatin 'yan tawaye na Transnistria tun daga 1990.