Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna June 1940 Bessarabia yakanga iri
rakapambwa neSoviet Union. Ruzhinji rweBessarabia uye inenge hafu yeMASSR yakabatanidzwa muMoldovan SSR ichangobva kugadzirwa, iyo yakava republic yegumi neshanu yeUSSR. Gore rimwe gare gare, muna 1941, Romania yakarwisa Soviet Union sechikamu cheOperation Barbarossa ndokutorazve Bessarabia. Pakati pa1941 na1944, Romania yakatorawo nharaunda iri pakati penzizi dzeDniester neBug (nhoroondo yeTransnistria). Pakazosvika 1944 vaSoviet vakanga vatorazve nharaunda dzose dzavakanga varasikirwa nadzo muna 1941, idzo dzakaramba dziri muSoviet Union kutozosvikira pakuparara kwayo muna 1991.