Original sentence: According to the Soviet terminology, the peasants were divided into three broad categories: bednyaks, or poor peasants; serednyaks, or mid-income peasants; and kulaks, the higher-income farmers who had larger farms than most Russian peasants.Serednyaks were considered unreliable, "hesitating" allies, and kulaks were seen as class enemies because they owned land
Edited sentence: According to the Soviet terminology, the peasants were divided into three broad categories: bednyaks, or poor peasants; serednyaks, or mid-income peasants; and kulaks, the higher-income farmers who were presumably more successful, efficient farmers and had larger farms than most Russian peasants.Serednyaks were considered unreliable, "hesitating" allies, and kulaks were seen as class enemies because they owned land and were independent economically