Part of which modern country was known at one time as Bessarabia?

Question

From 1965 as part of a civil war, and systematically from 1975 until at least 1986, which country purposely eliminated most of its native population and their villages?

Answer 1

Moldova
Most present Moldovan territory was a part of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century until 1812, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire, and became known as Bessarabia.