Background information: In the biblical story of David and Goliath, David, the hero of the Israelites, defeats a fearsome giant. Based on what you know about the Crimean War, who does the giant in this cartoon represent?

Based on what we know in Crimean war, I believe the Giant Represent: The Russian Empire

Back then, Russian Empire was regarded as the largest and strongest Empire in Europe. But, the empire managed to be defeated by the alliance of-of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire and Sardinia in 1856