Cika jumla mai zuwa:
Soviet mamaye Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina a cikin 1940, dubban tsoffin malamai, likitoci, ma'aikatan ofis, har ma da mafi kyaun manoma daga arewacin Bessarabia, waɗanda aka ɗauka a matsayin maƙiya da haɗari ga gwamnatin Soviet, an tattara su kuma an tura su cikin motocin shanu zuwa Siberia. Bălţi, a matsayin mafi mahimmancin hanyar haɗin jirgin ƙasa a arewa, ya zama wurin taro don wannan aikin. An yi ƙaura mafi girma a ranar 12 zuwa 13 ga Yuni 1941 daga tashar jirgin kasa ta Slobozia. Tattalin arzikin gida (manyan ƙananan masana'antu da shagunan) an lalata su sosai yayin kwashewa; masana'antu da gine-gine da yawa sun tashi.