Konstantin Kaetanovich Gedroits

Konstantin Kaetanovich Gedroits (1872 - 1932) was a Russian scientist and painter born in Grigoriopol. [http://hp.iitp.ru/ger/06/0685.htm] 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. [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/49580fe9e7712390a19afeb4da09e526.html]

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".