Kammala wannan jumlar: A 1940, Bessarabia, tare da arewacin Bukovina, sun kasance
An haɗa shi cikin USSR bayan an aika da umarnin ƙarshe ga gwamnatin Romania. Hukumomin Soviet sun ɗauki matakai da yawa don jaddada bambanci tsakanin Moldovans da Romanians, a wasu lokuta ta amfani da kawar da magoya bayan Pan-Romanian, waɗanda aka ɗauka a matsayin "maƙiyan mutane". NKVD da KGB sun danne su saboda "kasaucin kasa na gari". Har ila yau, farfagandar Soviet ta nemi tabbatar da matsayi na musamman ga nau'ikan yaren Romania da ake magana da su a cikin USSR. Don haka, ya sanya amfani da rubutun Cyrillic wanda aka samo daga haruffan Rasha, kuma ya inganta keɓaɓɓiyar amfani da sunan "harshen Moldova", yana hana amfani da sunan "harshen Romania". Tsananin manufofin Soviet na adawa da Romania ya bar alama a kan asalin Moldovans.