[1] Gedroits belonged to the Lithuanian aristocratic Giedroyć family.

After that he led the chemistry laboratory of the Dokuchaev Soil Institute in Moscow (1915–17) and the Department of Soil Science of the Forest Institute in Saint Petersburg (1917–30).

[1] Gedroits was the founder of colloidal soil chemistry in Russia.

[1] For his achievement in soil science, Gedroits was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1927.

[1] 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.