Bessarabia is an area of land that used to be part of Romania, but now it is part of another country named Moldova. Imagine if you had a toy and someone took it away from you without asking, that is kind of what happened when Bessarabia was taken away from Romania. Bessarabia is an important and valuable place because it has a lot of fertile land for farming and it is located near the Black Sea. Many people still feel sad that Romania lost Bessarabia and want it returned to Romania.