Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 28 ga Yuni, 1940,
Tarayyar Soviet ta mamaye Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina kuma bisa umarnin Moscow, an haɗa arewacin Bessarabia, gami da garin Hotin a cikin Jamhuriyar Soviet ta Socialist ta Ukraine. A ranar 6 ga Yuli, 1941, sojojin Jamus da Romania sun sake dawo da Hotin, suna komawa Romania a matsayin wani ɓangare na Gwamnatin Bukovina. A lokacin rani na 1944, Red Army ya sake mamaye yankin.