However , the uprising was crushed on the same day by the Romanian army .
Several hundred communist workers and Red Army members from Bessarabia , headed by Grigori Stary , seized control in Bender on May 27 .
The uprising was crushed on the same day by the Romanian army .
Several hundred communist workers and Red Army members from Bessarabia , headed by Grigori Stary , seized control in Bender on May 27 .