  Let $n$ be a natural number. A subgroup $H$ of a group $G$ will be called
$n$-modularly embedded in $G$ if either $H$ is normal in $G$ or $H\not=
\mathrm{Core}_{G}(H)$, $|G:H| =p$ and $|G/\mathrm{Core}_{G}(H)|=pq^{n}$,
$q^{n}$ divides $p-1$ for some primes $p$ and $q$. Let $k$ be a fixed natural
number. A subgroup $H$ of a group $G$ will be called $k$-submodular in $G$ if
there exists a chain $H = H_{0} \leq H_{1} \leq \cdots \leq H_{m-1} \leq H_{m}
= G$ of subgroups such that $H_{i-1}$ is $n$-modularly embedded in $H_{i}$ for
some natural $n\leq k$ and every $i = 1, \ldots , m$. In this article,
properties of $k$-submodular subgroups and classes of groups with given systems
of $k$-submodular subgroups are obtained.
