The Soviet deportations from Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina took place between late 1940 and 1951 and were part of Joseph Stalin's policy of political repression of the potential opposition to the Soviet power (see Population transfer in the Soviet Union). The deported were typically moved to so-called "special settlements" (спецпоселения) (see Involuntary settlements in the Soviet Union).  Read more..

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Barely one year after the annexation of Bessarabia (a region which included the present-day Republic of Moldova) and northern Bucovina by the Soviets, to the detriment of Romania, a first wave of mass deportation of Romanians and Moldovans began in the night of June 12 to 13, 1941. This annexation was the result of the German-Soviet pact signed in 1939 between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's USSR, which then divided Europe into "spheres of influence". To commemorate the 80th anniversary of this terrible event ("80 de ani de la primul val al deportărilor staliniste din Basarabia"), the Post of Moldova put into circulation, on June 13, 2021, a special postmark designed by Maria Maximenco.. Read more..