 The Soviet republic created following annexation did not follow Bessarabia's traditional border.The Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic (Moldovan SSR), established on August 2, 1940, consisted of six and a half counties of Bessarabia joined with the westernmost part of the already extant MASSR (an autonomous entity within the Ukrainian SSR).Various changes were made to its borders, which were finally settled by November 1940.