Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1940, n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, Romania kwetara ime ihe
N'ihi ya, ha nyere Soviet Union akwụkwọ ikpeazụ ma nyefee Moldova n'aka Soviet Union, bụ́ nke haziri ya n'ime Moldavian SSR. N'etiti afọ 1941, Romania sonyeere Hitler Axis na mwakpo nke Soviet Union, weghachite Bessarabia na ugwu Bukovina, yana weghara ókèala dị n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Dniester ọ kpọrọ "Transnistria". Ka ọ na-erule ná ngwụsị nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, Soviet Union nwetaghachiri ókèala nile funahụrụ ya, na-eweghachi ikike Soviet n'ebe ahụ. Ndị Soviet kwalitere njirimara agbụrụ nke Moldova, megide echiche ndị ọzọ nke lere ndị niile na-asụ asụsụ Romanian anya dị ka akụkụ nke otu agbụrụ, na-erite uru na njikọta na-ezughị ezu nke Bessarabia na Romania dị n'etiti agha.