Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te tau 1940,
I whakaekehia a Bessarabia e te Soviet Union. Tata ki te 65% o Bessarabia he waahanga o te Moldova o enei ra, me te rohe o Ukraine Budjak (he waahanga o te Odessa Oblast) e hipoki ana i te rohe takutai tonga, me tetahi waahanga o te rohe o Ukraine Chernivtsi Oblast e hipoki ana i tetahi rohe ki te raki.