Exemption of Bessarabia from the Romanian occupation, 1940. Part 1
After the collapse of the monarchy and the Bolshevik victory in Petrograd, in the spring of 1918, Bessarabia was invaded by the Romanians. The occupation regime was brutal and cruel. All Bessarabians, including Moldovans, which are very closely related to the Romanians people, were considered second-class citizens. March 29, 1940 at the session of the Supreme Council of the USSR Molotov made a meaningful statement: “We have no non-aggression pact with Romania. This is explained by the presence of unresolved contentious issue of Bessarabia”. The conclusion was clear: The Soviet Union intends to immediately solve the Bessarabian issue, if necessary, by force.
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Absolutely wonderful! Thank you for those exceptional historical documents. However, I would put the word liberation in brackets (“”), since it was more an invasion/occupation.
I meant where liberation is written, like the sentence in part II: “Second part of photos of the liberation of Bessarabia fom Romania by the Soviet Union”.