Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bessarabia, pamwe chete neNorthern Bukovina uye nharaunda yeHertza, pakupedzisira
yakatorwa neSoviet Union muna 1940, pashure pokunge hurumende yeRomania yapihwa gwaro rokupedzisira. Nzvimbo dzeMoldova pasi pesimba reSoviet dzakagadziriswazve: Maodzanyemba (Budjak) neNorthern Bessarabia, pamwe neNorthern Bukovina neHertza, zvakagoverwa kuUkraine SSR, nepo iyo yasara yeBessarabia uye matanhatu ematunhu gumi nematatu eMoldova ASSR (inozivikanwa seTransnistria kubvira kutanga kwema1990) yakabatanidzwa kuita republic nyowani yeSoviet, iyo Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Moldova SSR). Romania yakadzosera nzvimbo idzi kwenguva pfupi mushure mekubatana neAxis yekupinda muSoviet Union, asi zvakadaro, na1944, idzi dzakatorwazve neSoviet Army, iyo yakafambirawo mberi muRomania.