Doktor nauk
Born in Athens, Greece, Bartikyan received his education at a Greek "gymnasium" and graduated from there in 1945. A year later, his family repatriated to the Soviet Republic of Armenia. He applied and was granted admission to Yerevan State University. Bartikyan received his degree in history in 1953 and subsequently found work at the Institute of History at the Armenian Academy of Sciences. In 1972, he received his "Doktor nauk".