Twafikile ku Bălţi mu 1988, uko Maria aikele nge mbutushi mu 1951. Ilyo cafikile mu 1988 baNte bali nalimo 375 mu Bălţi, umusumba wa bubili ku bukulu mu Moldova.

Mu March 1991, ilyo ukuteyanya kwesu kwalembeshiwe mwi funde mu calo ca Soviet Union, abantu abengi balifuupwilwe ku fyo baKomyunisiti bafililwe ukuteka. Abengi tabaishibe fya kucita kabili tabakwete isubilo lya nshita ya ku ntanshi. E ico ilyo icalo ca Moldova catendeke ukulaiteka, abantu abengi muli ici calo balefwaya sana ukusambilila icine ca mu Baibolo! Mu 1951 ilyo batupatikishe ukuya mu kwikala mu calo cimbi, mu Moldova mwali fye baNte abanono abashele, lelo ino nshita muli aka ka calo akanono akakwata abantu 4,200,000 mwaba baNte ukucila pali 18,000.