Abstract
Symmetries of algebraic systems are called automorphisms. An algebra admits an automorphism of finite order n if and only if it admits a Zn-grading. Let N=N0⊕N1⊕N2 be a Z3-graded Novikov algebra. The main goal of the paper is to prove that over a field of characteristic not equal to 3, the algebra N is solvable if N0 is solvable. We also show that a Z2-graded Novikov algebra N=N0⊕N1 over a field of characteristic not equal to 2 is solvable if N0 is solvable. This implies that for every n of the form n=2k3l, any Zn-graded Novikov algebra N over a field of characteristic not equal to 2,3 is solvable if N0 is solvable.