He is an allegory of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who abdicated following the February Revolution of 1917 and was murdered, along with the rest of his family, by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918.
hiː ɪz ɐn ˈælɪɡɚɹi ʌv ɹˈʌʃən tsˈɑːɹ nˈɪkələs ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː, hˌuː ˈæbdᵻkˌeɪɾᵻd fˈɑːloʊɪŋ ðə fˈɛbɹuːˌɛɹi ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvəntˌiːn ænd wʌz mˈɜːdɚd, ɐlˈɔŋ wɪððə ɹˈɛst ʌv hɪz fˈæmɪli, baɪ ðə bˈɑːlʃɪvˌɪks ˌɔn sˈɛvəntˌiːn dʒuːlˈaɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪtiːn.