Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bessarabia inzvimbo iri pakati penzizi dzePrut neDniester iyo Umambo hweRussia hwakatora kubva kuPrincipality of Moldavia muna 1812. Izvi zvakatungamirira kuti muitiro Russification uye colonization mudunhu, izvo zvakakomba akaderedza Romanian vokuparidzira nharaunda. Muna 1859, Moldova yakabatana neWallachia, ichiumba nyika yemazuva ano yeRomania. Kutanga kweRussian Revolution ya1917 kwakabvumira Bessarabia kuzvisarudzira, kuumba Democratic Republic yeMoldova apo Hondo Yenyika I yakanga ichiitika. Musi waMarch 27, 1918, nyika iyi yakabatana neRomania, ichi chiri chikonzero chezuva rinorangarirwa. Romania yakarasikirwa nechiremera cheBessarabia uyewo cheNorthern Bukovina pashure peRussian Revolution.
kubatwa kwenzvimbo idzi neSoviet Union (USSR) muna 1940, neRomania ichidzidzorera kwenguva pfupi muna 1941 asi ichirasikirwa zvakare muna 1944.