What is the antecedent for (words)

In grammar, an antecedent is a word that another word refers back to. That word is technically called a proform, and while English allows for types of antecedents based on many parts of speech, such as pro-verbs and pro-adverbs, it is far more common for a pronoun to refer to an antecedent.

Explanation:

the answer is: the start of world war i, and russia’s hopes of benefiting from it

during world war i russian joined due to in their current crisis they were being supported by france and the war was already declared to them by germany, they needed to maintain their political goal and leadership role in the balkans, and is the same feeling that this excerpt evoke the eager of maintain the land value.

i would suggest wrtiing it urslef

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