The Bessarabian Soviet Socialist Republic or Bessarabian SSR (Russian: Бессарабская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Бессарабская ССР) was proclaimed on May 11, 1919 with capital at Odessa as an autonomous part of Russian SFSR. May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: Oblast Odessa Oblast Mayor Edward Yossyfovych Gurwiz Area 163 km² Population  - urban  - density 1,012,500 (2004) 6,198/km² Founded 1794 Latitude Longitude 46°28′N 30°44′E Area code +380 48 Car plates  ?? sister cities ChiÅŸinău, Regensburg Municipal Website Odessa (Ukrainian: Одеса, Odesa; Russian: ) is... State motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None (Russian in practice) Capital Moscow (last) Chairman of the Supreme Council Boris Yeltsin Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until November 7, 1917 December 30, 1922 December 12, 1991 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 1st in former Soviet Union 17,075,200...

With the intervention of the military forces of Poland and France (see Polish-Soviet War) on August 2, 1919 the capital was moved to Tiraspol. Combatants Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic Second Polish Republic Commanders Mikhail Tukhachevsky Józef Piłsudski Edward Rydz-Śmigły Strength 800,000 738,000 Casualties 30,337 dead 51,374 missing 113,510 wounded Unknown, dead estimated at 60,000 {{{notes}}} The Polish-Soviet War was the war (February... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Tiraspol is the administrative center of Transdnestrian Autonomy, and the second largest city in Moldova, if it is considered to be part of that nation. ...

The republic was disbanded in September 1919.

Polish occupation of the area continued until December 29, 1920.