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