The Avenue de Malakoff is a street in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It was given its present name in 1854, the year in which French troops captured the Malakhov Tower during the Crimean War

Crimean War

The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...

, leading to the subsequent capture of nearby Sebastopol

Sebastopol

Sebastopol is a former spelling and frequent variant of Sevastopol, the port on the Crimean peninsula.Sebastopol may refer to the following:Places:* Sebastopol, California, USA* Sebastopol, Mississippi, USA...

 the following year.

410 metres long and 23.5 metres wide, it begins at the avenue Foch

Avenue Foch

Avenue Foch is a street in Paris, France, named after Ferdinand Foch in 1929. It was previously named Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. It is one of the most prestigious streets in Paris, and one of the most expensive addresses in the world, home to many grand palaces, including ones belonging to the...

 and ends at a junction with boulevard de l'Amiral-Bruix

Boulevard de l'Amiral-Bruix

The Boulevard de l'Amiral-Bruix is a boulevard in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It is named after admiral Étienne Eustache Bruix, making it one of three of the Boulevards of the Marshals which do not bear the name of a marshal of France...

 and the avenue de la Grande-Armée. It formerly began at place du Trocadéro but in 1936 the section between place du Trocadéro and avenue Foch

Avenue Foch

Avenue Foch is a street in Paris, France, named after Ferdinand Foch in 1929. It was previously named Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. It is one of the most prestigious streets in Paris, and one of the most expensive addresses in the world, home to many grand palaces, including ones belonging to the...

 was renamed avenue Raymond-Poincaré.