Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokubatwa kweSoviet kweBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina
muna 1940, zviuru zvavaimbova vadzidzisi, vanachiremba, vashandi vomumahofisi, uye kunyange varimi vaiva neupenyu hwakanaka vokuchamhembe kweBessarabia, vaifungidzirwa kuva vavengi uye vane ngozi kuhurumende yeSoviet, vakaunganidzwa ndokuendeswa kuSiberia mumotokari dzaitakura mombe. Bălţi, senzira inokosha zvikurusa yokufambisa nayo njanji kuchamhembe, yakashanda senzvimbo yokuunganira nokuda kweiri basa. Kudzingwa kukuru kwakaitika musi wa12 na13 June 1941 kubva paSlobozia Railway Station. Hupfumi hwemuno (mafekitari maduku akawanda nezvitoro) zvakaparadzwa zvikuru mukati mokubviswa; mafekitari akati wandei nezvivako zvakaputitswa.