Soviet propaganda claimed that in the Russian Empire, exploiters cruelly saved on the working conditions of powerless workers for profit. However, in reality, not all factory owners during the tsarist era were shameless oppressors.

Savva Vasilyevich Morozov, the founder of a famous merchant dynasty and a former serf, acquired the "Tver Paper Manufacturing Partnership" on the right bank of the T'maka River, a tributary of the Volga, in 1859. With the development of production, the factory gradually grew into a working-class neighborhood with a developed infrastructure, distinct from the rest of Tver.

The Morozovs spared no expense in improving the working and living conditions of their employees. When in the 1870s the factory passed to the founder's grandson Ivan Abramovich Morozov and his wife Varvara Alexeyevna, the neighborhood saw the establishment of a hospital, a maternity home, a pharmacy, a nursery, an orphanage, a poorhouse, a vocational school, a library, and other medical and educational institutions. By the early 20th century, Morozov Town had over 50 buildings with spacious rooms and plumbing, some of which were designated for employees' families. Workers had access to shops, a bank, a people's theater, and even an observatory.

In constructing industrial, residential, and public buildings, the Morozovs engaged renowned and expensive architects, such as the Art Nouveau master Adolf Erichson and the teacher of the famous Shekhtel, Konstantin Tersky. As a result, the architectural complex made of red brick with elements of neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau became a landmark of Tver. At the 1900 World Exhibition, the Morozovs received a silver medal for this project.

With the arrival of the Bolsheviks, the weaving and spinning production was nationalized, and Morozov Town was renamed "Proletarka Courtyard District." Today, most of the unique buildings are in a neglected state, but people continue to live there.