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