Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1918, mushure mekurega kweHumambo hweRussia, kutonga pamusoro peBessarabia yese kwakawira pasi peHumambo hweRomania. Kutora kwakateverwa nemitemo yeRomanianization yemadzinza mashoma, kunyanya maRussia, anoteverwa nezviremera zveRomania. Muna 1940, Bessarabia yakatorwa neSoviet Union
, zvichireva kuti Bessarabia yakadzokera musimba reRussia, umo Bessarabia yava chikamu cheMoldova neUkraine. Pakati pevanhu vokuRussia vakanga vava kutaura chiRomania paiva nevazukuru vevanhu vokuRomania avo vakanga vaita mitemo yokutaura chiRomania munguva yakapfuura; nokuti vanhu vokuRussia vakawanda vanobva kuRomania vanotaura chiRomania somutauro wokutanga kana kuti wechipiri, vakateerera mitemo yokutaura chiRomania nyore nyore.