Incorporation of the annexed territories into the USSR Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina



as romania agreed satisfy soviet territorial demands, second plan put action on morning of june 28. june 30, red army reached border along prut river. on july 3, border closed soviet side.



romania in 1940 bessarabia , northern bukovina highlighted in orange-red



a soviet meeting in chișinău on july 4, 1940.


one month after military occupation, on august 2, 1940, moldavian soviet socialist republic established on main part of annexed territory, while smaller portions given ukrainian ssr. 6 bessarabian counties, , small portions of other 3 counties, along parts of moldavian assr (formerly part of ukrainian ssr), disbanded on occasion, formed moldavian ssr, became 1 of 15 union republics of ussr. soviet governmental commission headed nikita khrushchev, communist party chief of ukrainian ssr, allotted northern bukovina, hertsa region, , larger parts of hotin, ismail, , cetatea albă counties ukrainian ssr.


during 1940–1941, political persecution of categories of locals took form of arrests, executions, , deportations eastern parts of soviet union. according alexandru usatiuc-bulgăr, 32,433 people received politically motivated sentence, of 8,360 sentenced death, or died during interrogations.



refugees after occupation


serious incidents occurred in northern bukovina, attempts locals force border towards romania resulted in soviet border guards opening fire against unarmed civilians. in 1 case, @ fântâna albă, resulted in massacre. incidents took place on romania side of border: @ least 300 civilians waiting leave soviet-controlled bessarabia shot romanian army in galați railway station on june 30, 1940.


the installation of soviet administration accompanied major changes in economic domain, medium , large commercial , industrial enterprises nationalised. soviet government instituted land reform, redistributing 229,752 hectares 184,715 poor peasant households, , limiting estate size 20 hectares in south, , 10 hectares elsewhere. collectivisation drive started in 1941, however, due lack of agricultural machinery, progress extremely slow, 3.7% of peasant households being included in kolkhozes , sovkhozes midyear. in order bolster government s image, large part of 1941 budget directed towards social , cultural needs, 20% allocated health services, , 24% education , literacy campaigns. while theological institute in chişinău closed, 6 new higher education institutions created, including conservatory , polytechnic. furthermore, salaries of industrial workers , administrative personnel increased 2 3 times compared pre-soviet levels.








Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Prosodic bootstrapping Bootstrapping (linguistics)

Principal leitmotifs Music of The Lord of the Rings film series

List of masters Devon and Somerset Staghounds