After Russia sold Alaska and the Aleutian islands to the United States in 1867, Bering Island was placed under the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky jurisdiction.
Despois de que Rusia vendese Alasca e as illas Aleutianas aos Estados Unidos en 1867, a illa de Bering quedou baixo xurisdicción de Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.