Original sentence: In the early 1920s Russia, devastated by civil war, young scientist Oleg Losev was experimenting with applying voltage biases to various kinds of crystals, with purpose to refine the reception.It is an unwanted discovery to the authorities, and was consigned to obscurity.This was partly due to low education and overall ignorance of leadership, and partly due to totalitarian nature of the USSR regime
Edited sentence: In the early 1920s, in Russia devastated by civil war and communist terror, the young scientist Oleg Losev was experimenting with applying voltage biases to various kinds of crystals, with purpose to refine the reception.No terror regime leaders wanted this, and the discovery was consigned to obscurity.This was partly due to low education and overall ignorance of leadership, and partly due to terror nature of USSR regime and its hostility towards its own citizens