Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Pakutanga kwezana remakore rechi20, Bessarabia yakawana kuzvitonga kwechinguvana kubva kuRussia ichinzi Democratic Republic of Moldavia. Yakapinda mubatanidzwa neHumambo hweRomania, iyo inogoverana mutauro mumwechete uye dzinza muna 1918 uye yaive
yakapiwa neRomania kuSoviet Union muna 1940. Izvi zvakaita kuti paumbwe Republic of Moldavia.