Considerații privind trasarea granițelor RSS Moldovenești în 1940 [Articol]

Abstract

Considerations on drawing the borders of the Moldavian SSR in 1940. In the decision of October 12, 1924, regarding the formation of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR) as part of Ukraine, it was stated that its border to the west and southwest ran along the “state border of the Soviet Union”. Based on this phrasing, it is considered that the western border of the MSSR (Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic) would coincide with the western border of the former Bessarabia Governorate, meaning the Prut River and the Chilia branch of the Danube. Research in recent years has shown that the western border of the Moldavian ASSR remained on the Dniester River. Evidence can be found in the Constitution of the Moldavian ASSR of 1938 and in the decision adopted on August 2, 1940, regarding the formation of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. The intentions of the Soviet Ukraine regarding the annexation of Bessarabia, or at least parts of the northern and southern territories of the province, became evident in the early days of the formation of the Ukrainian state. The government of democratic Ukraine stated that Moldovans did not constitute the majority of the population in Bessarabia. In 1940, following the annexation of Bessarabia by the Soviet Union and the formation of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, the three counties—Hotin, Cetatea Albă, and Ismail—which were claimed to be predominantly populated by Ukrainians, were incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR with the support of Kremlin.