Original sentence: He signed the "Law of Spikelets" and personally led the Extraordinary Commission for Grain Delivery in Ukraine, which seized a reported 4.2 million tonnes of grain from the peasants, leading to a widespread famine (known in Ukraine as Holodomor)
Edited sentence: He signed the draconian "Law of Spikelets" and personally led the Extraordinary Commission for Grain Delivery in Ukraine, which seized a reported 4.2 million tonnes of grain from the peasants, leading to a widespread famine (known in Ukraine as Holodomor)