Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te take nui i roto i te Republic of Moldova e huri ana ki te iwi, me te mea me whakakotahi ano te whenua ki Romania, e tohaina ana e ia te iwi, te reo, te ahurea me te hitori. Ko te Republic of Moldova e tohu ana i te haurua rawhiti o te mea e mohiotia ana i mua ko te Principality of Moldova. Hei hua o te Tiriti o Bucharest (1812), ka mutu te Pakanga a Ruhia-Turiki o te tau 1806, i wehea mai i te taha hauauru o te rangatiratanga i te taha o te awa o Prut, ka whakauruhia e te Emepaea o Ruhia, i tapaina ko Bessarabia (Basarabia). Ko te hawhe ki te hauauru o te Principality o Moldova o mua, kaore i whakauruhia e Ruhia, i honoa ki Wallachia (Țara Românească) i te tau 1859 hei turanga mo Romania o enei ra. I whakakotahitia te haurua ki te rawhiti ki Romania i te tau 1918, engari i
I whakaekehia anōtia e te Soviet Union i te tau 1940 hei hua o te Tiriti o Molotov-Ribbentrop.