Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Bessarabia he rohe i waenga i nga awa o Prut me Dniester i whakauruhia e te Emepaea o Ruhia mai i te Principality of Moldavia i te tau 1812. I arahina tenei ki te tukanga o te Russification me te koroni o te kawanatanga, i tino whakaheke i te taupori Romanian o te rohe. I te tau 1859, ka whakakotahihia a Moldavia me Wallachia, e hanga ana i te kawanatanga o Romania o nāianei. Ko te timatanga o te Russian Revolution o te tau 1917 i ahei ai a Bessarabia ki te kii i a ia ano he motuhake, ka hanga i te Republic Democratic Republic of Moldova i te wa e haere ana te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. I te 27 o Poutu-te-rangi 1918, i honoa tenei kawanatanga ki Romania, koinei te take mo te ra whakamaharatanga. I ngaro a Romania i te mana o Bessarabia me te raki o Bukovina i muri i te
te nohoanga o ēnei rohe e te Soviet Union (USSR) i te tau 1940, me Romania te whakahoki mai i a raatau i te 1941 engari ka ngaro ano i a raatau i te 1944.