diff --git a/src/structs/ContentMove.js b/src/structs/ContentMove.js
index 150e3d38..49870c53 100644
--- a/src/structs/ContentMove.js
+++ b/src/structs/ContentMove.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const getMovedCoords = (moved, tr) => {
   let end // this (exclusive) is the first item after start that is not part of the moved area
   if (moved.start.item) {
     if (moved.start.assoc < 0) {
-      start = getItemCleanEnd(tr, moved.start.item)
+      start = getItemCleanEnd(tr, moved.start.item) // @todo Try using getItem after all tests succeed again.
       start = start.right
     } else {
       start = getItemCleanStart(tr, moved.start.item)
diff --git a/src/types/YArray.js b/src/types/YArray.js
index e04f5793..28d71bbc 100644
--- a/src/types/YArray.js
+++ b/src/types/YArray.js
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ export class YArray extends AbstractType {
     }
     if (this.doc !== null) {
       transact(this.doc, transaction => {
-        const left = createRelativePositionFromTypeIndex(this, index, 1)
-        const right = left.clone()
-        right.assoc = -1
+        const start = createRelativePositionFromTypeIndex(this, index, 1)
+        const end = start.clone()
+        end.assoc = -1
         useSearchMarker(transaction, this, target, walker => {
-          walker.insertMove(transaction, left, right)
+          walker.insertMove(transaction, [{ start, end }])
         })
       })
     } else {
@@ -165,6 +165,32 @@ export class YArray extends AbstractType {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param {number} startIndex Inclusive move-start
+   * @param {number} endIndex Inclusive move-end
+   * @param {number} target
+   * @param {number} assocStart >=0 if start should be associated with the right character. See relative-position assoc parameter.
+   * @param {number} assocEnd >= 0 if end should be associated with the right character.
+   */
+  moveRange (startIndex, endIndex, target, assocStart = 1, assocEnd = -1) {
+    if (startIndex <= target && target <= endIndex) {
+      // It doesn't make sense to move a range into the same range (it's basically a no-op).
+      return
+    }
+    if (this.doc !== null) {
+      transact(this.doc, transaction => {
+        const start = createRelativePositionFromTypeIndex(this, startIndex, assocStart)
+        const end = createRelativePositionFromTypeIndex(this, endIndex + 1, assocEnd)
+        useSearchMarker(transaction, this, target, walker => {
+          walker.insertMove(transaction, [{ start, end }])
+        })
+      })
+    } else {
+      const content = /** @type {Array<any>} */ (this._prelimContent).splice(startIndex, endIndex - startIndex + 1)
+      ;/** @type {Array<any>} */ (this._prelimContent).splice(target, 0, ...content)
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param {number} start Inclusive move-start
    * @param {number} end Inclusive move-end
@@ -172,17 +198,18 @@ export class YArray extends AbstractType {
    * @param {number} assocStart >=0 if start should be associated with the right character. See relative-position assoc parameter.
    * @param {number} assocEnd >= 0 if end should be associated with the right character.
    */
-  moveRange (start, end, target, assocStart = 1, assocEnd = -1) {
+  moveRangeNew (start, end, target, assocStart = 1, assocEnd = -1) {
     if (start <= target && target <= end) {
       // It doesn't make sense to move a range into the same range (it's basically a no-op).
       return
     }
     if (this.doc !== null) {
       transact(this.doc, transaction => {
-        const left = createRelativePositionFromTypeIndex(this, start, assocStart)
-        const right = createRelativePositionFromTypeIndex(this, end + 1, assocEnd)
+        const ranges = useSearchMarker(transaction, this, target, walker =>
+          getMinimalListViewRanges(walker, start, end, assocStart, assocEnd)
+        )
         useSearchMarker(transaction, this, target, walker => {
-          walker.insertMove(transaction, left, right)
+          walker.insertMove(transaction, ranges)
         })
       })
     } else {
diff --git a/src/utils/ListIterator.js b/src/utils/ListIterator.js
index 146a2a98..55c2dd34 100644
--- a/src/utils/ListIterator.js
+++ b/src/utils/ListIterator.js
@@ -206,16 +206,36 @@ export class ListIterator {
   }
 
   /**
+   * We prefer to insert content outside of a moved range.
+   * Try to escape the moved range by walking to the left over deleted items.
+   *
    * @param {Transaction} tr
    */
-  reduceMoves (tr) {
-    let item = this.nextItem
-    if (item !== null) {
-      while (item === this.currMoveStart) {
-        item = /** @type {Item} */ (this.currMove) // we iterate to the left after the current condition
-        popMovedStack(tr, this)
+  reduceMoveDepth (tr) {
+    let nextItem = this.nextItem
+    if (nextItem !== null) {
+      while (this.currMove) {
+        if (nextItem === this.currMoveStart) {
+          nextItem = /** @type {Item} */ (this.currMove) // we iterate to the left after the current condition
+          popMovedStack(tr, this)
+          continue
+        }
+        // check if we can iterate to the left while stepping over deleted items until we find an item === this.currMoveStart
+        /**
+         * @type {Item} nextItem
+         */
+        let item = nextItem
+        while (item.deleted && item.moved === this.currMove && item !== this.currMoveStart) {
+          item = /** @type {Item} */ (item.left) // this must exist otherwise we miscalculated the move
+        }
+        if (item === this.currMoveStart) {
+          // we only want to iterate over deleted items if we can escape a move
+          nextItem = item
+        } else {
+          break
+        }
       }
-      this.nextItem = item
+      this.nextItem = nextItem
     }
   }
 
@@ -391,7 +411,7 @@ export class ListIterator {
    * @param {Array<AbstractContent>} content
    */
   insertContents (tr, content) {
-    this.reduceMoves(tr)
+    this.reduceMoveDepth(tr)
     this._splitRel(tr)
     const parent = this.type
     const store = tr.doc.store
@@ -419,11 +439,10 @@ export class ListIterator {
 
   /**
    * @param {Transaction} tr
-   * @param {RelativePosition} start
-   * @param {RelativePosition} end
+   * @param {Array<{ start: RelativePosition, end: RelativePosition }>} ranges
    */
-  insertMove (tr, start, end) {
-    this.insertContents(tr, [new ContentMove(start, end, -1)]) // @todo adjust priority
+  insertMove (tr, ranges) {
+    this.insertContents(tr, ranges.map(range => new ContentMove(range.start, range.end, -1)))
     // @todo is there a better alrogirthm to update searchmarkers? We could simply remove the markers that are in the updated range.
     // Also note that searchmarkers are updated in insertContents as well.
     const sm = this.type._searchMarker
@@ -563,3 +582,56 @@ const concatArrayContent = (content, added) => {
   content.push(...added)
   return content
 }
+
+/**
+ * @param {Transaction} tr
+ * @param {ListIterator} walker
+ * @param {number} len
+ */
+const getMinimalListViewRanges = (tr, walker, len) => {
+  walker.reduceMoveDepth(tr)
+  if (walker.index + len > walker.type._length) {
+    throw lengthExceeded
+  }
+  walker.index += len
+  /**
+   * We store nextItem in a variable because this version cannot be null.
+   */
+  let nextItem = /** @type {Item} */ (walker.nextItem)
+  const ranges = []
+  while (len > 0 && !walker.reachedEnd) {
+    while (nextItem.countable && !walker.reachedEnd && len > 0 && nextItem !== walker.currMoveEnd) {
+      if (!nextItem.deleted && nextItem.moved === walker.currMove) {
+        const slicedContent = slice(nextItem.content, this.rel, len)
+        len -= slicedContent.length
+        value = concat(value, slicedContent)
+        if (this.rel + slicedContent.length === nextItem.length) {
+          this.rel = 0
+        } else {
+          this.rel += slicedContent.length
+          continue // do not iterate to item.right
+        }
+      }
+      if (nextItem.right) {
+        nextItem = nextItem.right
+        this.nextItem = nextItem
+      } else {
+        this.reachedEnd = true
+      }
+    }
+    if ((!this.reachedEnd || this.currMove !== null) && len > 0) {
+      // always set nextItem before any method call
+      this.nextItem = nextItem
+      this.forward(tr, 0)
+      if (this.nextItem == null) {
+        throw new Error('debug me') // @todo remove
+      }
+      nextItem = this.nextItem
+    }
+  }
+  this.nextItem = nextItem
+  if (len < 0) {
+    this.index -= len
+  }
+  return ranges
+}
diff --git a/tests/y-array.tests.js b/tests/y-array.tests.js
index baa2acb0..8185a4a8 100644
--- a/tests/y-array.tests.js
+++ b/tests/y-array.tests.js
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ const arrayTransactions = [
     const newPos = _newPosAdj + (_newPosAdj > yarray.length - len ? len : 0)
     const oldContent = yarray.toArray()
     yarray.moveRange(pos, pos + len - 1, newPos)
-    console.log(`moving range ${pos}-${pos + len} to ${newPos}`)
+    console.log(`moving range ${pos}-${pos + len - 1} to ${newPos}`)
     const movedValues = oldContent.splice(pos, len)
     oldContent.splice(pos < newPos ? newPos - len : newPos, 0, ...movedValues)
     t.compareArrays(yarray.toArray(), oldContent) // we want to make sure that fastSearch markers insert at the correct position