Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1939, chinyorwa chakavanzika cheMolotov-Ribbentrop Pact chakapa Bessarabia nzvimbo yeSoviet Union yaibata uye, muna June 1940, vaSoviet vakapa gwaro rokupedzisira raida kuti Bessarabia neNorthern Bukovina zvipiwe. Mambo Carol II weRomania akabvuma uye nharaunda yacho yakava
yakabatanidzwa. Pakati nepakati nechokuchamhembe kweBessarabia kwakaumba muzinda weMoldovan Soviet Socialist Republic itsva asi chikamu chokumaodzanyemba, zvino chinozivikanwa seBudjak, chakagoverwa kuUkrainian SSR. Komisheni yakasarudza muganhu wehurumende pakati peUkraine SSR neMoldavian SSR mukati meSoviet Union yakatungamirirwa naNikita Khrushchev, mutungamiri weUkraine SSR uye mutungamiri weUSSR mune ramangwana aizowedzera Crimea kuUkraine SSR.