Moldova (known as the Moldavian SSR at the time) was perhaps the only part of the Soviet Union that was more affected by the 1946–47 famine than it was by either the 1921–22 or the 1932–33 famines, as Moldavia was annexed by the USSR as recently as 1940. The 1946–47 famine has thus spawned a considerable amount of academic work done specifically on Moldavia during the time. Among the most notable scholars of the Moldavian famine is Igor Cașu of Moldova State University in Chișinău.