Kammala wannan jumla: A 1940, sakamakon yarjejeniyar Molotov-Ribbentrop, Romania ta kasance
An tilasta shi ya ba da Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina ga Tarayyar Soviet, wanda ya haifar da ƙirƙirar Jamhuriyar Socialist Soviet 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.