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Unit 1Part II Reading taskComprehensionPossible answers to content questions 1. It refers to the raw, bitter, bleak Russian winter. 2. He expected the conquest of Russia in five weeks. 3. Instead of fighting, they retreated eastward, burning their crops and homes as they went. They let the Russian winter fight the war for them while they bided their time. 4. Napoleon discovered that the occupation of the city was an empty victory because the Russians fled their capital leaving him almost nothing at all. 5. They suffered heavy losses as a result of the extreme cold and the Russians hit-a