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Entangled histories

5 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · MDA LEFT · ROU RIGHT

1. 27 Mar 1918

   Union of Bessarabia with Romania

   The Sfatul Tarii voted to unite Bessarabia with Romania (27 March, Old Style; 9 April, New Style); the union, at first conditional on autonomy, was made unconditional in November 1918.

   Politics & Power · from the Moldova chronicle · Union with Romania and the Soviet Creation of a Moldavian Republic · REFS 2 — Union of 27 March 1918: the National Archive Agency provides access to the Sfatul Tarii collection, Moldova: History

2. 28 Oct 1920

   International recognition of the union

   A treaty signed in Paris by Romania, Britain, France, Italy and Japan recognized the union of Bessarabia with Romania, though the Soviet Union never accepted it.

   Politics & Power · from the Moldova chronicle · Union with Romania and the Soviet Creation of a Moldavian Republic · REFS 2 — Union of 27 March 1918: the National Archive Agency provides access to the Sfatul Tarii collection, Moldova: History

3. 28 Jun 1940

   Soviet annexation of Bessarabia

   Acting on the secret protocol of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Red Army occupied Bessarabia after an ultimatum to Romania, ending more than two decades of Romanian rule.

   War & Rupture · from the Moldova chronicle · Soviet Moldavia: Annexation, Famine and Deportation · REFS 2 — Bessarabia's Annexation: Impact and Legacy of the USSR Ultimatum, Moldova: History

4. 28 Jun 1940

   Soviet seizure of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina

   The Soviet Union demanded and took Bessarabia and northern Bukovina from Romania, the first of the 1940 territorial losses; Bessarabia, largely Romanian-speaking, became the core of the later Republic of Moldova.

   War & Rupture · from the Romania chronicle · Dismemberment, the Second World War and communist rule · REFS 2 — Romania, Moldova and Romania: A Long and Complicated Relationship

5. 27 Aug 1991

   Moldova's independence and the Romanian bond

   As the Soviet Union dissolved, the former Bessarabia declared independence as the Republic of Moldova, immediately recognised by Romania, with which it shares the Romanian language and a common history.

   Independence · from the Romania chronicle · Revolution, democracy and the European turn · REFS 2 — Moldova, Moldova and Romania: A Long and Complicated Relationship