What the records say
- When
- 28 Jun 1940
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Coordinates
- 46.85° N, 28.63° E
- Government
- Soviet Union
- Former government
- Romania
- History
- After a Soviet ultimatum ordering Romania to cede Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, Romania decided to submit to Soviet demands. These territories had been R…
- Source map
- Overview Map of Romania · 8/1940
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
1940 Soviet annexation of present-day Moldova and parts of Ukraine
Between 28 June and 3 July 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region, following an ultimatum made to Romania on 26 June 1940 that threatened the use of force. Those regions, with a total area of 50,762 km2 (19,599 sq mi) and a population of 3,776,309 inhabitants, were incorporated into the Soviet Union.
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The source
- European Borders, World War II (1938–1945)Stanford Spatial History Lab (M. De Groot)Stanford Spatial History Lab: scholarly reuse, no commercial use
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