In 1784, Alexander Suvorov wrote to the manager of his estate in Marovka, Penza province, asking him not to draft a solitary peasant into the army. He believed that it was better to marry him off and help him establish a household rather than let him wander in the forests. If the manager delayed this, Suvorov threatened to marry the peasant to one of the best girls in the village. The village assembly wanted to send this man to the soldiers, but Suvorov was against it.

Suvorov closely monitored the management of his estate. He forbade serfs from thoughtlessly cutting down trees in his forest and suggested buying firewood from outside. However, the peasants decided to use the forest of a neighboring landowner from Grachevka. On October 20, 1792, they harvested 7 carts of foreign timber but were caught. At that time, Suvorov was in Finland, but upon learning of the incident, he supported his peasants and appealed to the district court to investigate the matter. Although the forest remained with the Grachevka residents, the horses and equipment were returned to the Marovka peasants in respect for Suvorov. They preserved the generalissimo's house and his campaign bed with a rope mattress, as he bequeathed, believing that comforts diminish bravery. Unfortunately, the house burned down in 1864.

In 1900, on the 100th anniversary of Suvorov's death, a monument was unveiled in Marovka in his honor. Despite the rainy weather, people from surrounding villages came to the celebration in festive attire. Soldiers from the Old Ingermanland regiment, where Suvorov began his service, attended the event. The bronze bust was surrounded by 16 ancient cannons. However, the monument did not survive to this day, as it was destroyed during the Civil War.