Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, ndima yeRomania yakashandurwa zvakanyanya. Muna 1940, Soviet Union yakatora
Bessarabia, kuchamhembe kweBukovina, uye nharaunda yeHerza iyo mushure mekuparara kweSoviet Union muna 1991, yaizove chikamu cheRepublic of Moldova neUkraine. Pakati pa1941 na1944, nzvimbo idzi pamwe chete neTransnistria, dzakatongwa neRomania kwenguva pfupi, sezvo nyika yaitongwa nehutongi hwechiuto hwakabatana neNazi Germany. Transnistria yaiva nharaunda yaimbova yeSoviet pakati penzizi dzeDniester neSouthern Bug. Mazuva ano, yakawanda yacho iri muUkraine, nezvikamu zviduku zviri muRepublic of Moldova (yava kunzi Transnistria). Nzvimbo iyi yakachengetwa pasi pekugara kwemauto eRomania, uye haina kubatanidzwa kuRomania yaive nemamwe matunhu gumi nematatu.