Konstantin Kaetanovich Gedroits

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Konstantin Kaetanovich Gedroits (1872 - 1932) was a Russian scientist and painter born in Grigoriopol.[1] Specializing in geology, he authored Genetic soil classification based on the absorptive soil complex and absorbed soil cations (out of print).

A biography of Gedroits was published in Moscow in 1995.[2]

In 2002, the Central Bank of Transnistria minted a silver coin honoring this native of today's Transnistria, as part of a series of memorable coins called The Outstanding People of Pridnestrovie.