Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1940 yawancin nasarorin da Romania ta samu bayan Yaƙin Duniya na I sun lalace. A watan Yuli, bayan wani Soviet ultimatum, Romania amince da
ba da Bessarabia da arewacin Bukovina (Soviets kuma sun haɗu da garin Hertsa, wanda ba a bayyana a cikin ƙudurin ba). An haɗa kashi biyu bisa uku na Bessarabia da ƙaramin ɓangaren Tarayyar Soviet don su kafa Jamhuriyar Socialist ta Soviet ta Moldavia. Sauran ( arewacin Bukovina, arewacin rabin gundumar Hotin da Budjak) an rarraba su zuwa Jamhuriyar Socialist Soviet ta Ukraine.