Soldiers participate in a military parade marking the 100th anniversary of the 1918 creation of the Czechoslovak independent state in Prague, the Czech Republic October 28, 2018. REUTERS/David W Cerny
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic marked 100 years since the creation of Czechoslovakia on Sunday with the biggest military parade in its post-communist history, highlighting a weekend of celebrations.
More than 4,000 military personnel took part in the event, which saw tanks and artillery roll down Evropska (European) Street, one of Prague's main boulevards that once bore the name of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Communist regime in Russia.
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