 Most of the region was merged with areas previously included in the Moldavian ASSR, to form the Moldavian SSR, while the Budjak in the south, and Hotin County in the north, were incorporated with the Ukrainian SSR.Salogor moved into the new republic, and, in August 1940, became Junior Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia (PCM), serving under Piotr Borodin.He was additionally head of the Orhei County Soviet.