Original sentence: It is thought also that Moscow wanted to avoid giving Georgia complete control of the important Black Sea port of Batumi and to bolster Communist leanings among the ethnic Georgian Muslims living in Turkey.Turkey ceded the region to Bolsheviks on the condition that it would be granted autonomy, for the sake of the Muslims among Adjaria's mixed population.Under Joseph Stalin, Islam, like Christianity, was repressed
Edited sentence: It is thought also that Moscow wanted to avoid giving Georgia (country) complete control of the important Black Sea port of Batumi and to bolster Communist leanings among the ethnic Georgian Muslims living in Turkey.The reasons for this division were not ethnic, since the Adjars and Georgians are of same ethnic origins.Turkey ceded the region to Bolsheviks on the condition that it would be granted autonomy, for the sake of the Muslims among Adjara's mixed population.Under Joseph Stalin, Islam, like Christianity, was ruthlessly repressed