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  1. In one year of Soviet occupation (28 June 1940 – 22 June 1941), over 300,000 people, i.e. 12% of the population, were arrested, deported and murdered. [2] Between 28 June and 3 July 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, following an ultimatum made to Romania on 26 June 1940 that threatened the use of force. [3]

  2. The union of Bessarabia with Romania was proclaimed on April 9 [O.S. March 27] 1918 by Sfatul Țării, the legislative body of the Moldavian Democratic Republic.This state had the same borders of the region of Bessarabia, which was annexed by the Russian Empire following the Treaty of Bucharest of 1812 and organized first as an Oblast (autonomous until 1828) and later as a Governorate.

  3. Administrative map of Greater Romania in 1930. In 1917, Bessarabia declared independence and united with Romania. However, in 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia and also Northern Bukovina. Romania recaptured the regions in 1941 but the Soviet Union did the same again in 1944. Under Soviet rule, Bessarabia was split between the Ukrainian ...

  4. The Treaty of Paris (Oct. 28, 1920) confirmed this union, but the Soviet Union never recognized Romania’s right to the province. After the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact was signed (Aug. 23, 1939), the Soviet Union demanded (June 26, 1940) that Romania cede Bessarabia and the northern portion of Bukovina. The Romanian government complied ...

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  5. Bessarabia.7 Here it is worth nothing that the German version of the Pact referred to Romanian “regions” to be ceded to the Soviet Union, whereas the Soviet version named only Bessarabia. The Soviets would subsequently use the German version in June 1940 to make additional requests for Northern Bukovina and Herţa County.

  6. Bessarabia was to send to the Parliament of Romania a number of deputies in proportion to the population of the region; 9. All elections were to be organized on a democratic basis, based on a direct, equal, secret and universal suffrage; 10. The new Constitution had to guarantee the freedom of speech and religion; 11.

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  8. Jun 26, 2023 · On June 26, 1940, through an ultimatum, the Soviet Union demanded that Romania cede Bessarabia and northern Bukovina. Romania yielded under the threat of Soviet invasion of these territories, which two days later were occupied by the Soviet Army. (Taken from The Balkan Campaign – Wars of the 20 th Century – Twenty Wars in Europe – Vol. 6)

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