They have three daughters: Yuliya, Yekaterina, and Sonya. Padalka graduated from Eisk Military Aviation College in 1979. Wife: Irina Anatolievna Padalka (Ponomareva), born in 1959. Education and Training Edit. He enjoys the theater, parachute sport and diving. They have three children. He is a producer, known for See you back soon (2020), A Year in Space (2015) and Touch the Sky (2012). Gennady Padalka was born as Gennady Ivanovich Padalka. Gennady enjoys the theater, parachute sport and diving. Daughters: Yulia, born in 1979, Ekaterina, born in 1985 and Sofia, born in 2000. View the profiles of people named Irina Padalka. Gennady Padalka, Producer: See you back soon. Join Facebook to connect with Irina Padalka and others you may know. He is married to Irina Anatoliyevna Padalka. Married to Irina Anatolievna Padalka (Ponomareva). AWARDS AND RANKS: Hero of the Russian Federation, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation. Gennady Padalka was born as Gennady Ivanovich Padalka. They have three daughters, Yulia, Ekaterina and Sonya. They have three children. He is married to Irina Anatoliyevna Padalka. Padalka is married to Irina Anatoliyevna Padalka (Ponomareva). EDUCATION: Graduated from Eisk Military Aviation College in 1979; in 1994 he left UNESCO International Center of Instruction Systems, where he was an engineer–ecologist.