 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1940, mukutevera mirairo yakavanzika yeMolotov-Ribbentrop Chibvumirano, USSR yakamanikidza Romania kubvisa Bessarabia. Yakabatanidza Tiraspol, kusvikira ipapo chikamu cheUkraine SSR, muMoldova SSR yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa. Musi wa7 August 1941, pashure pokunge maAxis apinda muSoviet Union, guta racho rakatorwa nemauto eRomania. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, musi wa19 August, Chibvumirano cheTiraspol chokugadza Gavhuna weTransnistria chakasainwa. Munguva yokurwiswa, Tiraspol yakanga iri pasi pokutonga kweRomania. Munguva iyoyo inenge vagari vayo vese vechiJuda vakafa: vakaurayiwa in situ kana kuendeswa kumisasa yekufa yeNazi yeGerman, kwavakauraiwa. Muna 1941 pamberi pekupamba, pepanhau Dnestrovskaya Pravda rakavambwa neTiraspol City Council yemamiriri evanhu. Iri ndiro pepanhau rekare kudarika mamwe ose munharaunda yacho. Musi waApril 12, 1944, guta racho rakatorwazve neRed Army uye rakavazve chikamu cheMoldovan SSR. 