Original sentence: Collectivization had met resistance from wealthy kulaks, resulting in a bitter struggle of kulaks against the authorities.Stalin became general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1922; following the death of Vladimir Lenin, he prevailed over Leon Trotsky in a power struggle during the 1920s and consolidated his authority with the Great Purge, a period of repression which reached its peak in 1937, remaining in power through World War II and until his death.Stalin molded the features that characterized the new Soviet regime; his policies were based on Marxist–Leninist ideology
Edited sentence: Collectivization had met widespread resistance, resulting in a bitter struggle of many peasants against the authorities.Stalin became general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1922; following the death of Vladimir Lenin, he prevailed over Leon Trotsky in a power struggle during the 1920s and brutally consolidated his authority with the Great Purge, a period of severe repression which reached its peak in 1937, remaining in power through World War II and until his death.Stalin molded the features that characterized the new Soviet regime; his policies, based on Marxist–Leninist ideology, are often considered to represent a political and economic system called Stalinism