Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1940, semhedzisiro yeMolotov-Ribbentrop Chibvumirano, Romania yakamanikidzwa kubvisa Bessarabia neNorthern Bukovina
kuSoviet Union, zvichitungamirira kusikwa kweMoldovan Soviet Socialist Republic (Moldovan SSR), iyo yaibatanidza chikamu chikuru cheBessarabia uye nzvimbo yokumadokero kweyaimbova MASSR (kumabvazuva kwerwizi rwaDniester). Musi waAugust 27, 1991, sezvo kuparara kweSoviet Union kwakanga kuri kuitika, Moldova SSR yakazivisa kuzvimiririra uye yakatora zita rokuti Moldova. Bumbiro reMoldova rakagamuchirwa muna 1994. Nzvimbo yenharaunda yeMoldova iri kumahombekombe ekumabvazuva kweDniester yave iri pasi pe"de facto" kutonga kwehurumende yakazvimiririra yeTransnistria kubvira muna 1990.